{"id":2489020,"date":"2025-09-20T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-high-school-students-stand-up-for-charlie-kirk-call-for-firing-teacher-who-celebrated-his-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:11:51","slug":"three-high-school-students-stand-up-for-charlie-kirk-call-for-firing-teacher-who-celebrated-his-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-high-school-students-stand-up-for-charlie-kirk-call-for-firing-teacher-who-celebrated-his-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Three High School Students Stand Up for Charlie Kirk, Call for Firing Teacher Who Celebrated His Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-high-school-students-stand-up-for-charlie-kirk-call-for-firing-teacher-who-celebrated-his-murder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2489020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s ... Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">high school students<\/a> in Rhode Island confronted their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-a-dodge-martha-maccallum-presses-teachers-union-president-over-1619-project\/\" title=\"\u2018That\u2019s A Dodge\u2019: Martha MacCallum Presses Teachers\u2019 Union President Over 1619 Project\">social studies teacher<\/a>, Benjamin Fillo, after he posted a controversial TikTok video in which he harshly criticized and mocked Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist who was recently assassinated on a college campus in Utah. Fillo called Kirk derogatory names and made baseless accusations, sparking outrage among students, parents, and the wider community. As a result, Fillo was placed on administrative leave, and the school launched a private investigation into his conduct. At a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland ... District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Pre..., Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meeting<\/a>, the students publicly condemned Fillo&#8217;s comments and emphasized that violence and hatred should never be celebrated, advocating for the teacher&#8217;s dismissal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Three Rhode Island high school students stood up to their teacher after he allegedly bashed Charlie Kirk in a TikTok tirade.<\/p>\n<p>Amid public backlash, officials placed Barrington High School teacher Benjamin Fillo on administrative leave, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc6.com\/barrington-teacher-on-administrative-leave-after-charlie-kirk-social-media-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLNE-TV<\/a> in Massachusetts reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a deranged TikTok rant, Fillo called Kirk a &ldquo;piece of garbage&rdquo; while making numerous unfounded claims about the late conservative activist.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk was brutally assassinated on Sept. 10 during a college campus event in Orem, Utah.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Benjamin Fillo, a teacher at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bps_ri?\">@bps_ri<\/a> has been placed on administrative leave after reportedly posting this disgusting video celebrating and mocking Charlie&rsquo;s m*rder<\/p>\n<p>FIRE HIM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQcY1KBhNF\">pic.twitter.com\/MQcY1KBhNF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1966292050388619739?\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Fillo said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What a piece of garbage. This is what happens,&rdquo; the social studies teacher said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bye, Charlie,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fillo&rsquo;s rhetoric disgusted parents and students of Barrington, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most notably, three of Fillo&rsquo;s own students criticized him during a Monday board meeting with parents and staff, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/17\/us-news\/rhode-island-high-schoolers-call-for-teacher-benjamin-fillo-firing-after-charlie-kirk-comments-tiktok-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No matter what anyone says to me, I will never stand for violence, especially of a man who was publicly murdered in front of his wife, one of his children, thousands of students, and other bystanders,&rdquo; a student named Jakari said. &ldquo;Charlie was not a racist, he did not hurt anyone sexually, and he did not kill anyone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Therefore this was an unjustified cause of death and this should never be celebrated,&rdquo; Jakari said, adding that the teacher deserves to lose his job.<\/p>\n<p>Another student, Caleb, also condemned the teacher.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As civilians and people of our great country, we hold ourselves to a higher standard than to support &mdash; or worse yet &mdash; rejoice in violence,&rdquo; Caleb said. &ldquo;Someone who advocated for an arrested murderer and assassinator of one of the greatest debaters and free speakers of our time should have no place in the classroom, more so around young children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The third student, Brandon, talked about the world&rsquo;s need for God.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a student of Barrington High, I did not feel comfortable or safe with our teachers supporting violence,&rdquo; Brandon said. &ldquo;We believe this world needs God, because something as cruel as this should never be celebrated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fillo has worked at the school for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Following the controversy, the school hired a private investigator to investigate him.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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