I-TEAM: Southern suspends professor, moves to terminate her

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By Chris Nakamoto and Kevin Foster

Published: Sep. 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM CDT

Updated: 15 hours ago

Southern University law professor Kelly Carmena was suspended Friday over social media comments after Charlie Kirk’s death, the WAFB I-Team confirmed.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Southern University law professor Kelly Carmena was suspended Friday over comments she reportedly made on social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, the WAFB I-Team confirmed.

The university states that it is now proceeding to terminate her employment as an investigation into her conduct commences.

In a post shared with WAFB, Carmena allegedly said, “I will 1000% wish death on people like him. He is the epitome of evil, and I have no compassion, not even a minute ounce of it for people like him who go around spewing hate the way he does.”

Southern University Board Chairman Tony Clayton confirmed the investigation.

“She has been suspended effective immediately based on the cause that she participated in conduct that was prejudicial to the university,” Clayton said. “The school will investigate this matter to finalize terminating her from the university.”

Clayton said that there is no room for what he believes to be hate speech.

“Distasteful statements should not be tolerated particularly as it relates to death. That is tantamount to participating and inciting violence and spewing hate,” Clayton said. “That conduct will not be tolerated at Southern University period.”

The Southern University Law Center issued the following statement:

“The Southern University Law Center is aware of a recent social media post involving one of our employees that has raised concern. The views expressed in that post are the individual’s own and do not reflect the values or positions of the Law Center. We are reviewing this matter in accordance with the institution’s personnel policies and procedures. The Law Center is committed to fostering an environment of respect, inclusivity, and professionalism both online and offline.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5773739&forum_id=2#49262944)

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5773739&forum_id=2#49262956)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5773739&forum_id=2#49263031)

i wasn't a fan of CK at all. he seemed kinda like a dweeb, and i hate the debate bro thing - where a grown ass man goes and "owns" college kids in "debates." and of course all the israel dicksucking (although, he seemed to be waking up on that). but i can't imagine reacting to this in any way other than thinking jesus, that's insane someone would kill someone for what they say and boy it's sad that he was only 31 and had two young kids.

it's truly strange to me that "punks" of all people think this is good. this murder was potentially will have a very chilling effect on open speech and debate, which has always been a guiding principle of punk. but a lot of people in that scene have unfortunately turned the corner into thinking "wrongthink" needs to be punished. which, if you think about it, is awfully ironic given that at its inception, punk was about breaking out of groupthink and thinking for yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5773739&forum_id=2#49263056)