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Ball State Employee's Firing Over Private Post Becomes Flashpoint in Indiana Free-Speech Fight

Coverage highlights screenshots traveling from a private page to viral accounts to a government portal, culminating in termination.

The Ball State University campus in Muncie, Ind., on Sept. 22, 2025. Ball State has a portal that allows students to anonymously report their teachers for biased behavior. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York )
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Overview

  • Suzanne Swierc was dismissed five days after a private Facebook comment about Charlie Kirk was screenshotted and posted by Libs of TikTok on X.
  • She reported a surge of harassment within minutes of the post, including a voicemail that recited her home address and implied she should receive the same fate as Kirk.
  • Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita labeled her comment vile on X and publicly praised Ball State’s decision, urging other institutions to take notice.
  • Reporting cited an Indiana government website that displays public submissions with names, posts, and employer contacts, channeling complaints to institutions.
  • The case sits within a broader pattern tallied at more than 145 people facing firings or discipline for negative posts about Kirk, as some Ball State faculty voiced fear of doxxing and a campus Republican leader defended the dismissal.