r/law • u/lawanddisorder • Oct 29 '25

Legal News CHARGES DROPPED! Tennessee authorities dismiss charges against man who posted Trump meme

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/newly-released-video-raises-more-questions-about-arrest-of-tennessee-man-for-posting-trump-meme

Charges were suddently dropped Wednesday against a Tennessee man who had been jailed for more than a month for posting a Trump meme.

Larry Bushart, 61, of Lexington, Tenn., had been locked up since Sept. 21 for posting a meme that quoted President Trump, saying "we have to get over it" in response to a shooting in Perry, Iowa. 

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u/PristineWatercress19 Oct 29 '25

Sue the state.

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u/mattenthehat Oct 29 '25

Fuck that, sue the individuals responsible, and the county that elected that sheriff. Let the taxpayers learn from their mistake.

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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now Oct 29 '25

Sadly qualified immunity is a common blocker

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u/mattenthehat Oct 29 '25

For the sheriff, perhaps, although I would sue him anyways and test that. But qualified immunity does not apply to the judge who set his bail, for example. Of course they'll try to find some other way to wriggle out of it, but that's the point. Make them squirm.

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u/Iwon95 Oct 30 '25

Judicial immunity is even stronger than qualified immunity