Second ETSU Professor Retires After Charlie Kirk Backlash

Second ETSU professor retires after Charlie Kirk backlash

East Tennessee State University biomedical sciences professor Russell Brown has retired after facing termination over comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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East Tennessee State University biomedical sciences professor Russell Brown, who faced a university effort to fire him over Facebook posts he made after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s September 10 murder, has retired. Brown sent a letter to ETSU administration September 25 announcing his retirement would be effective Monday. Brown was one of two professors ETSU placed on leave Sept. 11 after complaints about posts they had made in the wa…