UCLA DEI director says he was fired over controversial Charlie Kirk posts: 'Glad when bigots die'

A erstwhile DEI manager astatine the University of California, Los Angeles says helium has been fired aft arguable societal media posts regarding the September assassination of blimpish icon Charlie Kirk.

"UCLA conscionable fired maine due to the fact that I wasn't bittersweet Charlie Kirk died—a wide usurpation of my First Amendment rights," said Johnathan Perkins connected the left-wing-dominated societal media app Bluesky.

Perkins linked to a GoFundMe helium started to screen his bills portion helium is jobless. The GoFundMe says helium is readying to writer the schoolhouse for alleged First Amendment violations, and solicits donations from radical funny successful "fighting racism" and "standing up for escaped speech."

"My pups, 2 cats and I could usage your enactment arsenic we program for the adjacent steps," helium wrote successful the post, adding respective hashtags including #Project2025 and #DEI.

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Charlie Kirk speaks earlier helium is assassinated during Turning Point's sojourn to Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah, connected Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

Perkins was the school's erstwhile manager of contention and equity.

"UCLA conscionable fired maine (Dir. of Race & Equity) implicit Bluesky posts astir not being bittersweet Charlie Kirk died," helium said successful different post.

On Sept. 12, 2 days aft Kirk was changeable and killed portion hosting a Turning Point USA lawsuit connected Utah Valley University's campus, Perkins appeared to suggest successful a now-deleted station that Kirk deserved to die.

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"Multiple times passim his abbreviated life, Charlie Kirk has proudly proclaimed the United States' 45,000 oregon truthful yearly weapon deaths are 'worth it' for his beloved 2nd Amendment 'right to carnivore arms,'" helium said. "Dude made this bed; reaped what helium sowed; chickens coming location to roost, etc. Smh."

"I'm ever gladsome erstwhile bigots die, so," helium said successful different post.

"It is OKAY to beryllium blessed erstwhile idiosyncratic who hated you and called for your people’s decease dies — adjacent if they are murdered," helium said successful another.

Janss Steps connected the UCLA field connected Oct. 20, 2017. UCLA is simply a nationalist assemblage successful the Los Angeles area. (MichaelGordon1/Getty Images)

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"F--- Around and Find Out is truly doing its thing, lately," said a 4th post.

UCLA placed Perkins connected permission amid the archetypal question of controversy.

"UCLA has placed a field worker connected contiguous permission and has launched an probe pursuing reports of societal media posts regarding the execution of Charlie Kirk. While escaped look is simply a halfway worth of UCLA, unit of immoderate benignant — including the solemnisation of it — is wholly unacceptable and volition not beryllium tolerated," the schoolhouse said successful a Sept. 14 statement, without referencing Perkins directly.

Early greeting presumption of Royce Hall connected the field of UCLA, taken connected an chartless date. (iStock)

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On Wednesday evening, a UCLA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the schoolhouse does not remark connected unit matters.

"Under University policies, employees who person received a announcement of intent to terminate are provided an accidental to respond to the announcement earlier immoderate enactment is taken," the spokesperson said.

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Perkins did not instrumentality a petition for comment, but defended himself successful an interrogation with UCLA's pupil newspaper, The Daily Bruin, saying helium did not "celebrate" Kirk's death, and doubling down connected his stance connected Kirk's death.

"It’s OK to not beryllium bittersweet erstwhile idiosyncratic who’s a horrible, horrible bigot, dies," helium reportedly said.