{"id":55881,"date":"2025-10-23T06:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/chicago-schools-silent-on-punishment-or-public-condemnation-of-teacher-who-mocked-charlie-kirks-death\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T06:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:55:03","slug":"chicago-schools-silent-on-punishment-or-public-condemnation-of-teacher-who-mocked-charlie-kirks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/chicago-schools-silent-on-punishment-or-public-condemnation-of-teacher-who-mocked-charlie-kirks-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago schools silent on punishment or public condemnation of teacher who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story is part of Fox News Digital\u2019s investigative series Campus Radicals. <\/strong><\/i>Get the full series here.<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Four days after a\u00a0Chicago<\/u><\/a> elementary school teacher was captured in a viral video mocking the death of Charlie Kirk at an anti-Trump protest, the school system has yet to put out a statement condemning political violence, the actions of the teacher, or any specific disciplinary measures that have been taken.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Public Schools system leaped into the national spotlight over the weekend after Lucy Martinez, a\u00a0K-8 STEM teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School, was seen on video during the “No Kings” protests antagonizing a Charlie Kirk<\/a> supporter by pointing an imaginary gun to her neck and shouting, “Bang, bang.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shortly after the video was posted,\u00a0social media erupted<\/u><\/a> with calls for the teacher to be fired for mocking Kirk\u2019s assassination and seeming to condone political violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

VIOLENT SYMBOLISM, THREATS STEAL SHOW AT NATIONWIDE ‘NO KINGS’ PROTESTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Teachers are entrusted to educate the next generation of American students by modeling respect and integrity,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon\u00a0posted on X<\/a>, joining a chorus of others who condemned the teachers’ actions.<\/p>\n

“No child should be trapped in a government-run school with a teacher who celebrates murder.”<\/p>\n

Over the next few days after the incident, the school faced mounting criticism for not forcefully condemning Martinez as it focused instead on concerns about the educator’s safety in a letter to parents on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Dear Hale Parents, and Staff,\u00a0Safety continues to be my top priority, which is why I am writing to notify you of a situation involving our school,” the letter said. “We were recently made aware of social media posts with language that resemble a potential threat to a staff member.\u00a0We take all potential threats extremely seriously to ensure the safety of our school community.”<\/p>\n

The school system provided a statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday that did not condemn political violence, acknowledge any wrongdoing by Martinez, or disclose any disciplinary measures that have been taken since Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018IT\u2019S A JOKE\u2019: WHITE HOUSE DISMISSES ‘NO KINGS’ PROTESTS, WHILE NANCY PELOSI RIPS CROWN IN DEFIANCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Chicago Public Schools (CPS) remains committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming, safe, and inclusive teaching and learning environment, free from harassment, bias, or harm of any kind,” the statement said. “While CPS does not comment on specific personnel matters the District follows a consistent process when allegations of misconduct are reported. Employees found to have violated Board policy are subject to disciplinary action.”<\/p>\n

While the school system has not given many specifics to the public, Turning Point USA\u2019s Andrew Kolvet\u00a0posted a screenshot on X<\/u><\/a> of an email he says was shared by a “livid” parent showing Hale principal\u00a0Dawn Iles-Gomez addressing families in a way Kolvet described as “making Martinez out to be a victim without even acknowledging her vile behavior.”<\/p>\n

In a separate incident in Chicago on Saturday, another education professional found himself in the national spotlight after he spoke through a bullhorn at a “No Kings” rally and called for ICE agents to be shot.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media users quickly identified the man as an employee for City Colleges of Chicago and on Monday the school system confirmed he “no longer” works there.<\/p>\n

“Our college system does not tolerate violence or incitement under any circumstances,” a City Colleges of Chicago spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story is part of Fox News Digital\u2019s investigative series Campus Radicals. Get the full series here. Four days after a\u00a0Chicago elementary school teacher was captured in a viral video mocking the death of Charlie Kirk at an anti-Trump protest, the school system has yet to put out a statement condemning political violence, the actions … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}