According to social media reports, he investigated the comments on Charlie Kirk’s killing, and the Office of Diversity, Fairness and Inclusion has been asked for leave.
Johnathan PerkinsThe DEI Office’s Director of Race and Equity, seems to have published a link Bruceky. The posts express satisfaction and indifference to the killings of popular right-wing commentator and activist Kirk.
Unable to contact Perkins to comment LinkedIn – has since been deleted – means he has deactivated all his social media accounts and has received multiple death threats in addition to Instagram. He said his home address and phone number have also been made public by critics because “I say it’s great to be happy when a racist who asks you to eradicate it.”
Perkins said the university has sent him a “investigation leave” to investigate complaints from Kirk’s supporters.
“This is the 2025 project,” he wrote. “This is fascism at work.”
Conservatives shared screenshots of Perkins’ post on social media.
In one screenshot, a blues user wrote that they were not sad about Kirk’s death. Perkins seems to have: “Why doesn’t he die?”
Another article says: “I’m always happy when paranoia dies.”
In what seems to be back-to-back posts, Black Perkins seems to write: “You can’t force people to mourn a man who hates us—however he dies,” and then, “when a man hates you and calls on your people to die, you can be happy even if they are murdered.”
exist Written Statement, UCLA Saying that “campus employees” are on leave, the school has begun investigating social media posts about Kirk.
“While free expression is a core value at UCLA, any form of violence, including celebrations, is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” the statement said.
A university spokesperson did not identify employees and referred the time to the above statement. However, university sources confirmed that Perkins was asked for leave.
Perkins has been outspoken about systemic racism. He said he was stopped by the University of Virginia campus police in the spring of 2011, where he attended law school. Perkins said he was stopped because he matched the description of the person they wanted. The incident conducted a public review of the University Police Department, but it ended when Perkins withdrew the story.
Years later, he said he was Pressed by the FBI His story.
“It has always been a regret for me throughout my life,” he wrote. Retell the story a few years later.
Perkins said his activism and academic work was to build a more equal society stemming from the “impact of anti-racist allies and personal and institutional bias.”
Perkins joined UCLA in 2019. He and his sister co-host the podcast “Black&”.
Perkins’ statements on social media are contrary to those who include university officials, including James B. Millikenthe president of the University of California, is responsible for overseeing thousands of staff and faculty across 10 campuses, six academic health systems and three affiliated national laboratories.
In the statement, Milliken released the day Kirk was killed, writing: “Political violence has no place in our society and in our campuses. It’s not just an attack on one person; it’s an attack on the freedom we cherish as a nation. It’s a very sad day.”
The social media posts Perkins shared on X appear to be published on September 12. Kirk was killed On his American comeback trip, the trip began on the campus of Utah Valley University. Kirk was answering questions about the mass shooting when he was shot in the neck.
Three days after the shooting, authorities arrested the suspect Kirk killed, identifying him as Tyler Robinson, 22,He was registered as nonpartisan and his parents were registered as Republicans, according to registration data reviewed by the Times.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said a family member told investigators that “Robinson has become more politicized in recent years” and expressed dislike of Kirk, who said he was “full of hatred” and “spreading hatred.”
Perkins is the latest public figure about comments related to Kirk.
A Mississippi staffer was fired after he was “harmful, insensitive comments on Kirk’s social media,” Kirk reported. University statement. According to MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd was fired after airing a “inappropriate” statement. News Network.
They are one of many people recently criticized by right-wing activists, influentials and politicians after Kirk’s murder.
Sean Davis, CEO of Conservative Media and Founder of the Federal Government Written on X That’s not enough to contact people’s employers, and also to the state licensing board.
His position read in part: “Attorneys, teachers and medical professionals who accredit or threaten violence have violated their licensing agreements and cannot be trusted to be associated with clients, children or patients.”
Time worker Jaweed Kaleem contributed to the report.
