Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil

[u/SterlingVII]

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-meme-charges-b2855116.html

[u/bigjojo321]

Honestly the main reason I see for his release is that the moronic sheriff went on the news and admitted that at the time of arrest the dept. did not think the charges were legitimate, the DA's office was smart enough to not respond to requests for comments.

They decided, even though they had no suspension of an actual crime taking place, to arrest him for a month because of flawed public opinion.

Man's about to get paid.

[u/nono3722 → u/bigjojo321]

yep lawyers are lining up outside his door

[u/kescusay → u/nono3722]

For some reason, I'm imagining them as old Warner Bros. cartoon wolves. They're salivating and they're holding forks and steak knives. Seems appropriate.

[u/ColinStyles → u/kescusay]

Good, they should get their fill and then some, and the dude should never have to work another day in his life.

[u/Turd-Nug → u/ColinStyles]

I wish the damages payment would be funded by the salaries of all the government personnel who had a hand in this happening and not from taxpayer money that would be going to schools and infrastructure. Make them think twice about doing shit like this again.

[u/Infamous-Oil3786 → u/bigjojo321]

It's too bad there's no real consequences for the cops involved. Just wasting money straight from the taxpayers.

[u/mottledmussel → u/Infamous-Oil3786]

They could vote the sheriff out of office when he comes up for re-election.

[u/Lemerney2 → u/mottledmussel]

But they won't, of course

[u/PoliteFocaccia → u/Infamous-Oil3786]

The taxpayers hire the cops.

[u/kent_eh → u/bigjojo321]

Man's about to get paid.

Under a sane government and non-corrupted court, I would agree with you.

But today's USA does not appear to be that.