Topic: Wrongful Termination

Multiple public officials and private employees, including Monroe Falls City Council Vice President John Empalazzeri and a Cleveland firefighter, face internal investigations or termination after posting incendiary comments about Charlie Kirk's death. George Conway also faced backlash for comparing Kirk to Nazi figures on social media. Legal experts note that First Amendment protections are not limitless in the context of workplace codes of ethics and government employment.

A neurosurgeon at the University of Texas was reportedly fired after a video of his 14-year-old daughter using a racial slur in a song went viral. The incident occurred amidst high tension in the Tarrytown neighborhood and pressure on local business owners to publicly support Black Lives Matter. The hosts question the legality of the termination and the culture of fear regarding private conduct.

Officer Stephen Mader was fired from the Weirton Police Department in West Virginia after he refused to shoot a suicidal black man, R.J. Williams, who was holding an unloaded gun. Mader, a Marine veteran, determined Williams was not a threat, but a fellow officer arrived and killed Williams. Mader is now suing the department for wrongful termination, a story largely ignored by mainstream U.S. media.