Durham police chief faces scrutiny for deleted post about Charlie Kirk

Durham Police Chief Patrice Andrews is receiving scrutiny for social media comments she made about the late Charlie Kirk.

A 22-year-old man is accused of shooting and killing Kirk on Wednesday at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University.

Durham police chief criticized for social media post about Charlie Kirk
In a now-deleted Facebook post on her personal page, Andrews said she's outraged by people she knows who still support Kirk.

“I won't stop being outraged at the way this man is being honored by people that I thought I knew,” Andrews wrote in the deleted post. “This man, who disguised himself as a Christian, shamed Black women like me, believed that gun violence was necessary to preserve the 2nd amendment, and created a culture of divisiveness through hate speech."

One of Kirk's comments about Black women came on Jan. 3, 2024, on his podcast when he said, “If I'm dealing with somebody in customer service who's a moronic Black woman, I don't -- I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because affirmative action? It almost creates thought patterns that are not necessarily wholesome. It creates resentment, doesn't it? This is not a way to design society.”

https://www.wral.com/news/local/durham-police-chief-scrutiny-deleted-post-charlie-kirk-september-2025/



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