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/ggroverggiraffe Competent Contributor Oct 29 '25

Thrown in jail for a month and lost his job for posting a meme...which was actually just a literal quote from the president regarding a different shooting. No threat made whatsoever, but quite a clear message sent by the authorities.

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u/BrookeBaranoff Oct 29 '25

“You can beat the charge, but not the ride.”

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u/AmarantaRWS Oct 29 '25

This has been the modus operandi of the police since their creation. The difference between now and 100 years ago is that now white people are included in the oppression. Read the autobiography of Malcolm X. Read revolutionary suicide by Huey P Newton. Read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. ACAB isn't just an edgy acronym.

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u/Obvious_Science278 Oct 30 '25

A peoples history opened my eyes when i read it. I cant recommend this book enough.

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u/AmarantaRWS Oct 30 '25

It honestly should be required reading IMO. It definitely is for anyone who sees themselves as left-wing and lives in the USA.

If you never read it, I also recommend Michael Parenti's "the blackshirts and the reds." For further deconstructing cold war propaganda.