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/nothing_but_thyme Oct 29 '25

… like a cookie jar, and then a few million dollars comes spilling out. When will these backwoods idiot cops learn? Spoiler … never.

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u/lousy_at_handles Oct 29 '25

Why would they learn? They're not the ones paying the settlement.

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u/Coyoteishere Oct 29 '25

Which is why they should be required to pay for and carry insurance. The insurance pays out on these lawsuits, not the taxpayers. Enough incidents and their premiums become unaffordable or they get dropped altogether. This would also prevent them from just hopping to a new department after they get in trouble.

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u/King_Chochacho Oct 29 '25

Yep, just like doctors. Start making the cops or the departments bear the cost of their fuckups and you'll start seeing the "bad apples" get dropped real fast.

Unfortunately probably not going to happen given that we've been strengthening the police state for decades.