A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Prosecutors eventually dropped the criminal charge brought against Larry Bushart, but his stint behind bars came to exemplify the country’s tense political and legal climate following the tragedy, when conservatives sought to stymie public discourse about the late controversial figure that it saw as objectionable.
Now, Bushart is suing over his incarceration.
scary thing is how they managed to find him (the retired cop) through facebook.
I mean isn’t your name right there on it? It isn’t even semi-anonymous.
I wouldn’t be surprised if someone in his cop friend circle reported him
It absolutely had to be a conservative in his circle looking to punish him.