{"id":143933,"date":"2026-01-22T01:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143933\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T01:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:15:07","slug":"fresno-state-lecturer-returns-after-making-controversial-remarks-about-charlie-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143933\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno State lecturer returns after making controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26)  \u2014 A Fresno State lecturer who was placed on leave last fall has returned to teaching after making controversial comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Fresno State Collegian, the university\u2019s student-run newspaper, Professor Barri Brennan is back in the classroom after being placed on leave in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan was removed from teaching after a video circulated online showing the professor making an inappropriate remark about political commentator Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on Sept. 10, 2025, when a student referenced Kirk\u2019s shooting during class. <\/p>\n<p>Brennan is believed to have responded, \u201cYou want to know what I think? It\u2019s too bad he\u2019s not dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/fusd-professor-on-leave-for-inappropriate-comments-on-charlie-kirks-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fresno State lecturer on leave after inappropriate comments about Charlie Kirk&#8217;s death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the video\u2019s spread on social media, Fresno State released a statement on Sept.  13, 2025, acknowledging the situation and announcing they had launched an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the university said it was aware of the video and emphasized that it strongly condemns language that celebrates or condones violence, calling such remarks \u201cantithetical to our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Sept. 14, 2025, Fresno State released another statement confirming the lecturer had been placed on leave effective immediately while the investigation continued.<\/p>\n<p>In<a href=\"https:\/\/today.fresnostate.edu\/university-statement-sept-13-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> both statements<\/a>, the university reiterated its condemnation of violent rhetoric and stressed that the comments did not align with Fresno State\u2019s principles.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The university has not publicly released details about the outcome of its investigation or the conditions surrounding Brennan\u2019s return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Fresno State lecturer who was placed on leave last fall has returned to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-143933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}