Dr. Umar Johnson has lashed out against people who have been celebrating the assassination of right-wing media personality Charlie Kirk online.
Kirk was shot in the neck during an appearance at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The shooter is still at large.
While some people hopped on social media to give their condolences, others rejoiced in the news.
Dr. Umar Johnson says the festivities are uncalled for.
Dr Umar being one of the most prominent sympathetic voices outside the right-wing about Charlie Kirk’s murder was not what I was expecting pic.twitter.com/QnNwz4Tz8x
— Michael Alberto (@UnwellMiguel) September 11, 2025
“While I did not agree with Mr. Kirk’s rhetoric, and considered him to be an anti-Black bigot, I will never rejoice at the loss of life of anyone who hasn’t directly participated in the unaliving of a member of the Black Afrikan race. I am ashamed to see members of my community celebrating this situation,” he wrote via Instagram.
He continued, “I will never ask you to mourn the loss of an enemy of our race, but to celebrate an unaliving is completely unacceptable. We know all to well that the greatest recipients of political assassinations in this country have been our own people. Stop laughing at the misfortunes of others and get prepared. Political assassinations have returned to the United States of America, courtesy of the deep state.”
The Trump administration has vowed to track down every individual linked to Kirk’s murder.