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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.

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[–] webp@mander.xyz 24 points 13 hours ago

Let's not use the opinionated word "tragedy."

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

scary thing is how they managed to find him (the retired cop) through facebook.

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 307 points 1 day ago (7 children)

He quoted Trump saying 'We need to just get over it' about the Perry High School shooting in Iowa.

What he said wasn't even hateful, it was a fucking quote.

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 156 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, it was from Trump, so it was a pretty hateful quote, to be fair

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The same guy who said Rob Reiner "died due to TDS"?

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And not even close to encouraging breaking the law. I've heard politicians have essentially the same "let's move on" attitude about school shootings.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 71 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The US has lost their license to roast us (the rest of the world) for saying mean things on the internet and getting a vist from the police. Welcome to the club you fat bitch.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I don't know what planet you live on but it's the rest of the world roasting the US.

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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 28 points 21 hours ago

I assure you the United States has both people who will continue to try making that roast, and people who never felt like they had that freedom in the first place.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 159 points 1 day ago (5 children)

As he should, absolutely his first amendment right was violated.

If the right can spout pure hatred and bullshit with impunity, so can everyone else.

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[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 53 points 22 hours ago

At least he is American and can sue. Some immigrants were deported and had their lives destroyed just because they had their opinions

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 55 points 23 hours ago (68 children)

Was there ever a time that Republicans actually stayed true to their principles when it wasn’t to their advantage?

In my life experience I honestly can’t think of a time.

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[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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Then they came for the retired law enforcement

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[–] Postimo@lemmy.zip 88 points 1 day ago (5 children)

And I said nothing because ACAB

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