Texas State University student expelled acting out and mocking Charlie Kirk assassination in captured viral video

A Texas State University student has sparked outrage online after a viral video showed the unidentified individual repeatedly reenacting and mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination during a memorial ceremony.

A video posted on social media shows an unnamed man imitating and mocking Kirk's murder while spitting near attendees attending Monday's on-campus memorial.

Gov. Greg Abbott led calls for disciplinary action, urging the institution to 'expel this student immediately', stating that such 'behavior is not acceptable at our campuses'.

The unnamed student appeared to be targeting members of Kirk's nonprofit organization, Turning Point USA, which was holding the funeral.

Eyewitness video shared online shows the student confronting TPUSA members during the memorial and cursing while repeatedly slapping himself in the neck (mimicking the bullet that entered Kirk, killing him).

‘Charlie Kirk got hit in the neck, b***h,’ the student shouted, before repeating the slap and vibrating his body as if to mimic recoiling from a bullet’s impact, the video shows.

He then climbed a nearby statue and repeated the action yet again, this time dropping to the ground after the vibrating motions.

The student is then heard saying ‘f*** that n*****’ as he walks away from the crowd of shocked demonstrators.

Abbott shared a video of the interaction on his X account, urging Texas State to take action against the student.

‘Hey Texas State. This conduct is not accepted at our schools. Expel this student immediately. Mocking assassination must have consequences,’ Abbott wrote on X.

Texas State President Kelly Damphousse later confirmed the student in the video was identified.

Texas State University student expelled acting out and mocking Charlie Kirk assassination.

‘I will not tolerate behavior that mocks, trivializes, or promotes violence on our campuses,’ Damphousse wrote in a statement. ‘It is antithetical to our TXST values. The individual is no longer a student at TXST.’

Damphousse added federal law prevents the university from commenting further on individual student conduct matters.

The incident led to the American Freedmen Legal Fund releasing a statement saying, TXST Cannot Punish Protected Speech.

‘Free speech—even when offensive—is protected under the First Amendment and Abbott’s Executive Order GA-42. Even Charlie Kirk said ‘hate speech does not exist legally in America.’

Adding, ‘Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There’s ugly speech, There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the the First Amendment.

Notes a definition of free speech: ‘Freedom of speech primarily protects you from legal penalties from the government for your expression, but it does not shield you from natural or social consequences from other individuals or groups. This distinction is key: while the government can’t imprison or sue you for expressing an unpopular idea (unless it incites violence or falls into another unprotected category), others can criticize you, terminate your employment, or ban you from their platforms.’

The incident follows another student, at Texas Tech University after she was filmed mocking Kirk’s assassination and harassing mourners at a vigil for the conservative influencer.

Camryn Giselle Booker, 18, was recorded jumping around and yelling at fellow students paying tribute to Kirk, screaming, ‘F–k y’all homie dead, he got shot in the head.’

According to KAMC, the Texas Tech University student was arrested and is now ‘no longer enrolled’ following the Tuesday’s confrontation on-campus memorial for Kirk.