The Carolina Panthers have fired an employee from their communications department due to an insentisitve social media post about the murder of political commentator Charlie Kirk in Utah, Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer reports.
Charlie Rock, a football communications coordinator, posted on his personal Instagram account a few hours after the 31-year-old Kirk was shot and killed while speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University. The post read:
“Why are yall sad? Your man said it was worth it …” and included a photo of Kirk. Rock also included a reference to the Wu-Tang Clan song “Protect Ya Neck” in the post.
Here are screen grabs of the posts:
According to Fowler’s report, Rock was an intern for the team’s communications department in 2024 and had recently been promoted to a f full-time role. The Panthers released this statement this morning:
