The university has faced harsh criticism for a lack of key safety measures on the day of the shooting.
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NOTICE OF CLAIM
Utah declares a Charlie Kirk Day, then his family moves to sue it for failing to protect him
“They spent a year putting his name on a calendar and putting his critics out of work, and it turns out the one thing they never got around to funding was an actual guard on the actual roof. That's not a coincidence, that's a budget line — ceremonies are cheap, security is not, and somebody always decides which one gets the check. His own family had to file the paperwork to say it out loud: the state that canonized him is the state that let him die.”
“Look, a notice of claim isn't an accusation, it's a procedural formality, every family's lawyer files one, this is just how the system works and frankly UVU had a security plan, they just — okay, they didn't have anyone on that roof, but that's a staffing question, not a — why does everything have to be political. The governor names a day, the state prosecutes a killer, that's justice working exactly as designed, and if the family's lawyers happen to also be building a wrongful-death case that's just lawyers being lawyers, it doesn't mean the ceremony was hollow. Did I say hollow? I meant thorough.”
The receipts
A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech. The post Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed appeared first on The Intercept .
The family of Charlie Kirk alleges that a "series of stunning failures and reckless decisions" by Utah Valley University led to the conservative activist's assassination.
In a notice of claim, obtained by The Federalist, Kirk's family accuses Utah Valley University of failing to protect the slain conservative icon.
His relatives accuse Utah officials of “reckless decisions” in a document that preserves their ability to sue.
Kirk was debating students from a tent in a campus courtyard when a shooter perched on a rooftop nearby fired a single shot, striking him in the throat.
· Utah governor designates Sept. 10 as 'Charlie Kirk Day' 1 year after assassination from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026
· Charlie Kirk's alleged killer could face death penalty after judge rules he'll stand trial from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026
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