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ARREST OF THE SUSPECT. KIRK WAS KNOWN AS A FIREBRAND IN THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. THOSE PERSPECTIVES TRIGGERED TRIGGERED SHARP DEBATE. REACTION TO HIS DEATH HAS LED TO POLARIZING VIEWS ONLINE. AN OSKALOOSA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IS ON LEAVE AFTER MAKING A PROVOCATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT KIRK’S DEATH. SENIOR REPORTER TODD MAGEL IS IN OSKALOOSA WITH WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. WE’RE JUST OUTSIDE THE OSKALOOSA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY’RE DEALING WITH THIS LATEST CONTROVERSY. IN FACT, THEY’VE HAD EXTRA POLICE PROTECTION SET UP THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY, JUST IN CASE THIS HAS CREATED SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL DISRUPTION TO OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE LAST 12 HOURS, OSKALOOSA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MIKE FISHER SAYS IT HAS BEEN A BUSY DAY. HE CONFIRMS THE TROUBLE STARTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER MATT CARGILL POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT SAYS, QUOTE, ONE NAZI DOWN. IT WAS HIS RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF REPUBLICAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK. UPSET, OSKALOOSA RESIDENTS STARTED CALLING IN TO THE SCHOOL TO COMPLAIN. TO BE ABLE TO POST STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT’S JUST INAPPROPRIATE AND JUST NOT CALLED FOR. AND IT’S A DEFINITELY A SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN DONE. FISHER SAYS THE POST VIOLATED THE DISTRICT’S SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES AND PUT CARGILL ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. AS A MAN OF FAITH. IT HAS JUST DISAPPOINTED ME AS A SOCIETY OF HOW DIVIDED WE’VE BECOME. AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE, RELIGION OR IDEOLOGY OR WHO YOU VOTE FOR, CAN WE JUST BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND OUR WORDS AND OUR ACTIONS? WE CONTACTED CARGILL, BUT HE DID NOT WANT TO COMMENT. THERE HAS BEEN NO VIOLENCE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ONE OF CARGILL’S CLOSE FRIENDS SAYS THE BELOVED ART TEACHER DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE. MATT SHOULDN’T HAVE POSTED THAT, BUT HE’S HUMAN AND HE MAKES MISTAKES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT HIS RECORD THROUGH TIME AS A FRIEND AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, WE SHOULD TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT THAT IF WE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT THE SMARTEST THING IN THE WORLD, WOULD WE WANT TO BE EXTENDED THE SAME? GRACE CARGILL CONTINUES ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE HERE IN OSKALOOSA, AND NOW IT’S UP TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DECIDE IF HE WILL KEEP HIS JOB HERE IN OSKALOOSA. TODD MAGEL, ����vlog EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. SPECIAL MEETING NEXT WEEK. AT THAT MEETING, THEY’LL DETERMINE WHETHER TO FIRE CARG