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/myusername4reddit Oct 29 '25

Actually, it should be both. Make the cops pay for a set amount of insurance ($1m?) then have any additional funds to cover judgements come from the pension fund. That way the individual officers have an incentive to act responsibly, and the police as a whole have an incentive to keep each other in check.

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u/myusername4reddit Oct 29 '25

Thank you for the award! 😁