From Fox News: Students at a Rhode Island high school where a teacher mocked Charlie Kirk after his assassination are launching a Turning Point USA chapter to promote conservative values and free expression on campus.
“What inspired me personally to start this Turning Point chapter was the teacher at our school said after Charlie Kirk’s death, he made a TikTok about how he has no remorse over him and how he was a hateful person,” Brayden Ryan, vice president of the Turning Point USA chapter at Barrington High School in Rhode Island, told Fox News Digital in an interview Tuesday.
Shortly after Kirk’s public assassination Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University during his “American Comeback Tour,” social studies teacher Benjamin Fillo posted a video online saying that Kirk “hated the LGBTQ community” and “hated women’s rights.”
Fillo, who was placed on administrative leave after his video post, also said in a video that Kirk “thought he proved how tough he was with his words… What a piece of garbage. Look what happens… Bye, Charlie!”
Ryan, who is a freshman at Barrington High School, said, due to the local political demographics, it has been “difficult” starting the Turning Point USA chapter at their school, but he and his fellow conservative friends are not giving up.
Caleb Kaplan, president of the Turning Point USA chapter, said some of the more liberal students have been campaigning to try to get Fillo reinstated.
Congratulations to Club America Barrington High School for organizing an incredible event! Huge thank you to John Cerasani for speaking and sharing powerful insights on capitalism and free markets — inspiring to see parents like John supporting the next generation of leaders.… pic.twitter.com/oOlGc2nAwx
— Erik M Troe (@erik_troe08) November 10, 2025
When conservative activist and mother Nicole Solas issued a public records request to review Fillo’s curriculum, including handouts, assignments, videos, links, resources, guides, worksheets, workbooks, prompts and his emails, the school district shockingly declared they would charge over $117,000 to gather the material she had requested.
After being called out over the vile video celebrating Kirk’s death, Fillo then made his TikTok account private.
Can Barrington, Rhode Island @bps_ri teacher & NEA Barrington President Benjamin Fillo confirm/deny he made this video saying Charlie Kirk
“thought he proved how tough he was with his words…What a piece of garbage. Look what happens…Bye, Charlie!”
It’s inhumane. pic.twitter.com/KD473ndMMY
— Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) September 11, 2025
Barrington, Rhode Island social studies teacher Benjamin Fillo at @bps_ri just made his TikTok account private so I’ll take that as confirmation that he made the cruel video☝🏻 celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death.
How can you teach unbiased social studies with this moral depravity? pic.twitter.com/Tiv69S9H06
— Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) September 11, 2025
On September 11, a day after Kirk’s assassination, Barrington school Superintendent Chris Ashley confirmed that Fillo had been put on paid administrative leave.
HAPPENING NOW: During a Barrington school committee meeting, Superintendent Chris Ashley announced that a Barrington teacher has been put on paid administrative leave after allegedly posting a video that some parents consider to be inappropriate about the shooting of conservative… pic.twitter.com/thfuh59Rn0
— John Perik NBC 10 (@johnperiktv) September 12, 2025
Conservative students demanded that Fillo be fired:
Students show up to their school’s board meeting to call out and demand the firing of a teacher who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“This teacher deserves to lose his job.”
“As a member of Barrington High, I do not feel comfortable or safe with one of our teachers… pic.twitter.com/Ynr8XycS3j
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 16, 2025
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