A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer settled his lawsuit for $835,000 after being jailed for 37 days over a Facebook post.
Larry Bushart was arrested after sharing a meme about Charlie Kirk's assassination that authorities interpreted as a school threat.
The charges were dropped after Bushart spent over a month behind bars unable to pay the bond.
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A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer who was held in jail for more than a month after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the assassination of Charlie Kirk has settled a “unlawful incarceration” lawsuit for $835,000.
