A federal district court denied a motion to dismiss speech-based retaliatory discharge claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Arkansas Civil Rights Act brought by a former government employee against Arkansas Department of Health officials, finding the complaint adequately alleged they participated in terminating her for Facebook posts about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, which constituted protected speech on a matter of public concern.
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