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Ex-Cop Jailed Over Charlie Kirk Facebook Meme Sues Sheriff
Larry Bushart spent 37 days jailed on a $2 million bond over a Facebook meme, now suing Perry County officials for First and Fourth Amendment violations.
- Larry Bushart, a retired Tennessee law-enforcement officer, sued Perry County Wednesday in federal court after being jailed 37 days for reposting a Trump meme.
- As the suit describes, Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems and Jason Morrow, Perry County investigator, allegedly omitted that the meme referenced a 2024 school shooting to manufacture probable cause.
- Officers knocked on Bushart's door and four officers arrested him on a charge of threatening mass violence at a school, according to the arrest affidavit.
- Seeking relief, Bushart asks for monetary and punitive damages, attorneys' fees, a jury trial, and alleges First and Fourth Amendment violations after losing his post-retirement medical-transportation job.
- Amid a flurry of Kirk-related cases, Bushart's legal troubles began 10 days after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on September 10, linking the episode to the post-Kirk national reaction.
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He spent 37 days in jail for reposting a meme about Charlie Kirk. Now this ex-cop has filed a First Amendment lawsuit
Four police officers arrived at Larry Bushart’s Tennessee home in the dead of night. They cuffed the former cop and led him off to jail, where he remained for the next 37 days. He couldn’t afford his $2 million bond. So he missed his granddaughter’s birth and his wedding anniversary and lost his job, all while incarcerated. His crime? Bushart reposted a meme on a Facebook post about a Charlie Kirk vigil in Perry County, Tennessee. Bushart’s tr…
Larry Bushart, 61, retired police officer and former deputy sheriff, stayed in prison in Tennessee for over a month for posting content on Facebook after the murder of Charlie Kirk
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