A North Carolina high school student and her parents have sued the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, alleging the district violated her constitutional rights after censoring a message she painted in tribute to assassinated conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
The student, identified as G.S., filed the complaint on Dec. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. According to the filing, she sought to honor Kirk and his public defense of the Christian faith by painting a message on the Ardrey Kell High School “spirit rock,” a long-standing forum for student expression. Two friends joined her after a school staff member allegedly granted permission….