(NEXSTAR) -- Workers nationwide, many of them educators, have either been let go from their jobs or placed on leave after allegedly making comments online following the death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

In several states, Nexstar affiliates have reported on teachers and school administrators being put on leave amid investigations into posts they allegedly made on social media following Kirk's death. In Oregon, a teacher and city councilor faced backlash over a post celebrating Kirk's assassination. An employee of the Carolina Panthers and a contributor for MSNBC were fired for their own remarks.

In nearly every case, the employers listed the same reasoning for the decisions to fire the employee or put them on leave.

The Panthers, for example, said the "views expressed by our employees are their own and do not represent those" of the team and that it does "not condone violence of any kind."

In Tennessee, two employees at Cumberland University were let go after making "inappropriate comments" online, Nexstar's WKRN reported.

“The examples of their posts were not what we would expect as a role model, but particularly the faculty member, but also the staff member, too, should have done for our students,” Cumberland University President Dr. Paul Stumb told the Associated Press. “I believe that they just made a mistake. It was an unfortunate and significant enough mistake that we felt like we needed to have them no longer in our employ.”

A North Carolina school said that a math teacher had been placed on leave pending an investigation over social........

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