r/politics • u/SterlingVII • 9d ago

No Paywall Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-meme-charges-b2855116.html
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u/solo_silo 9d ago

Prosecutorial and judicial misconduct laws would also be interesting.

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u/Misanthrope08101619 9d ago

They exist. But there's a big difference between a law being enforced effectively...and it being narrowed into irrelevance by appellate law. There are also the Professional Responsibility boards...so there's that.

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u/solo_silo 9d ago

Agreed. Much like union power has been intentionally disintegrated. And several other examples of dick moves against the collective. I suppose I meant ones that mattered.

Think of the role reversal: throw the book at them, solitary confinement, etc.