A former Georgia teacher has reached a settlement with a local school district over disciplinary action taken after she posted about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Michelle Mickens settled her lawsuit with the Oglethorpe County School District on July 3, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which represented her.
The SPLC filed the lawsuit in October after Mickens was placed on indefinite leave and allegedly encouraged to resign over comments posted on her private Facebook account following Kirk’s fatal shooting at a Utah university on Sept. 10.
The filing states that Mickens and the school district jointly agreed to dismiss all claims with prejudice, with each side responsible for its own legal fees and costs….