$2M Bond Set for Former Officer Accused of Posting Threatening ‘Meme’ Referencing School Shooting in TN

Man jailed in Tennessee after posting meme deriding Trump following Charlie Kirk's death

The local sheriff accused the man of threatening a school.

TN Man Finally Free After Month In Jail For Mean Comment About Saint Charlie Kirk

Fuckhead Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems explains to local TV why he had to jail retired cop Larry Bushart over a non-threatening Facebook comment. (Spoiler: Because Weems, a fuckhead, thought he could.) Screenshot, WTVF on YouTube.The monthlong saga of America’s Stupidest Overreaction (Maybe) To Charlie Kirk’s Murder came to an end yesterday, as the district attorney’s office for Perry County, Tennessee, dropped a felony charge of “threats of m…

$2M bond set for former officer accused of posting threatening ‘meme’ referencing school shooting in TN

A former officer with the Huntingdon Police Department is in the Perry County Jail on a charge of making threats of mass violence on school property.

Liberal ex-cop jailed on $2M bond after quoting Trump on Facebook: report

A Tennessee man has spent more than a month in jail without trial after he posted a meme quoting President Donald Trump following the murder of Charlie Kirk.Larry Bushart, a retired law enforcement officer, was arrested by Perry County deputies on Sept. 21 after he allegedly "threatened mass violenc...

Conservative legal scholar dismantles sheriff’s arrest of ex-cop who posted anti-Kirk message

U.S. attorney and legal scholar Jonathan Turley said a free speech case is brewing in Tennessee over the arrest of a retired police officer for posting "anti-Charlie Kirk messages" on the Internet. “Larry Bushart, 61, of Lexington, Tennessee, was arrested for threatening a mass shooting at a school, but the cited messages do not support such a claim. Indeed, his comments appear to be protected political speech under governing Supreme Court prece…

Tennessee Man Arrested After Mocking Charlie Kirk Memorial

There is a concerning free speech case out of Tennessee where a retired police officer was arrested after posting anti-Charlie Kirk messages on the Internet. Larry Bushart, 61, of Lexington, Tennessee, was arrested for threatening a mass shooting at a school, but the cited messages do not support such a claim. Indeed, his comments appear…