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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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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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NY Daily RecordA retired police officer was jailed over an anti-Trump meme. Now he’s suing
Attorneys for 61-year-old Larry Bushart say a Tennessee sheriff violated the First Amendment: “In America, we do not jail people for political speech."
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