"Perkins, who could not be reached for comment, issued a statement through Linkedin - which has since been taken down - stating that he had deactivated all social media accounts with the exception of Instagram and that he had received multiple death threats. He said his home address and phone number had also been made public by critics because "I said it's okay to be happy when a racist who called for your eradication dies.""
"Another post said: "I'm always glad when bigots die, so." In what looked to be back-to-back posts, Perkins, who is Black, appeared to have written: "You can't force people to mourn someone who hated us - no matter how he died," then, "It is OKAY to be happy when someone who hated you and called for your people's death dies - even if they are murdered.""
Johnathan Perkins, director of race and equity at UCLA, was placed on investigative leave as the university examines social media posts related to the killing of commentator Charlie Kirk. The posts on BlueSky expressed satisfaction and indifference toward Kirk's death and included statements condoning happiness when someone who advocated violence against a group dies. Perkins said he deactivated most social accounts and received multiple death threats after critics published his home address and phone number. Conservatives circulated screenshots of the posts. UCLA confirmed a campus employee was on leave and that an investigation into social media posts about Kirk is underway.
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