The employee argued that he was pushing back against what he viewed as the undeserved lionization of Charlie Kirk.
A county coroner, commissioner, sheriff, and prosecuting attorney were entitled to qualified immunity on the First Amendment retaliation claims of a deputy coroner who was fired after sharing memes and other posts on Facebook that appeared not only to make light of Charlie Kirk’s death but to also suggest it was deserved. In granting summary judgment to the county officials, the federal court in Washington pointed to, among other things, the mocking and violent tone of the posts. The prosecutor, who placed the employee on a potential impeachment disclosure list due to the posts, was also entitled to prosecutorial immunity. Finally, the court found the employee’s doxing claim against the commissioner failed as a matter of law (Bromm v. Lewis County, No. 3:26-cv-05384-BHS (W.D. Wash. Sept. 14, 2026)).
After Kirk’s death, the deputy coroner shared memes about his slaying that he alleged was done to push “back on a false narrative about Charlie Kirk” that upset him. He claimed he was “opposed to how people were viewing [Kirk] as a civil rights hero.” As a result of the posts, the county attorney placed him on a potential impeachment disclosure list and he was ultimately placed on administrative leave and terminated.
He sued the county and several individual defendants, including the coroner, the commissioner, the sheriff, and the prosecuting attorney, for...
New Delhi: A digitally altered video circulating on social media falsely claims that China has taken control of Asaphila, Longju and Taksing Circle in Arunachal Pradesh and that the Indian Army ha...