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A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.

The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.

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The prosecution is dropping charges for threatening violence against a school to a man who had been in a Tennessee prison for five weeks for a Charlie Kirk-related postNo money for the mortgage, bills, and food for the government's closure: that's what government employees' queues look like in the U.S. to collect food More than a month in prison for a meme on Facebook about Charlie Kirk's murder. Tennessee authorities have dropped charges this W…

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Larry Bushart, a 61-year-old reformed police officer from Tennessee in the United States, spent more than a month in the Perry County chain after sharing a publication on the social Facebook network about the death of conservative Charlie Kirk. The former police was arrested on 21 September and spent five weeks sharing a publication that quoted US President Donald Trump, saying "We have to resolve this" after a shooting at a school called Perry …

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A 61-year-old ex-policeman from Tennessee spent a month in prison after sharing a Trump meme. The authorities interpreted the post as a school threat - although they knew it was not true. (Read more)

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The Washington Post broke the news in on Friday, October 31, 2025.
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