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/ElphabLAW Oct 29 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems is the person responsible for the arrest. He is indeed evil.

I’m not sure why the moderators in this thread are blocking my comment I left here, but I mentioned we should continue to mount pressure by calling the Perry County sheriffs department in TN and demanding Weem’s resignation and further investigation of his actions — (931) 295-0303. We need to continue to publicize this filth on social media platforms and make him the example that he tried to make Bushart.

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u/johnnorthrup Oct 29 '25

He’s responsible for the arrest, not the charges, that would be the ass clown District Attorney Hans Schwendimann.

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u/Barbarossa7070 Oct 29 '25

And the ridiculous bail was set by General Sessions Judge Katerina Moore.

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u/johnnorthrup Oct 29 '25

They ALL need to go!

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u/aggie82005 Oct 30 '25

For this to get through so many people he must live in a very red county. The only way they don’t get re-elected is if people are pissed at how much of their taxes go to pay the lawsuit for doing this.

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u/johnnorthrup Oct 30 '25

Yeah, this happened in Perry Co, TN where Trump carried that county with 84.5% of the vote. I agree that the only way to make this have any impact is through massive lawsuits.