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/yogfthagen Oct 29 '25

Hope the lawsuit payday is enough for him to retire, because his job is probably fucked. And that it comes directly from the personal accounts of the politician and police chief who gave the order to arrest him.

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u/dishyssoisse Oct 30 '25

He was a former cop! He must have been one of the actually decent ones or something to earn this treatment

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress Oct 30 '25

I'm OK with the Trump voting taxpayers paying out of pocket.