‘I am pleased my First Amendment rights have been vindicated,’ Larry Bushart said in a statement announcing the settlement

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…

During his time in jail, Larry Bushart lost his postretirement job and missed his wedding anniversary and the birth of his granddaughter, according to a federal lawsuit Bushart…