#Tennessee man #imprisoned by virulent #GOP sheriff for posting #meme to a members only non-public local #Facebook group is finally released.

Back in September Larry Bushart was detained and given a $2m bail at Perry County jail in Linden, Tennessee. The rural #RWNJ sheriff was offended in wake of Charlie Kirk murder , apparently after seeing a Bushart posted pic of President #Drumpf, saying “We have to get over it", which was a quote about a previous shooting he'd made.

Since then the detained man, who'd become a free speech cause célèbre, was held in custody in rural Tennessee for weeks after small town sheriff Nick Weems declared the post "intentionally sought to create hysteria within the community," which is what Weems said in a statement to The Tennessean newspaper last month.

The detained man was apparently being prosecuted by 32nd Judicial District Attorney Hans Schwendimann, who did not respond for media comment after the release.

https://theintercept.com/2025/10/30/larry-bushart-tennessee-free-speech-charlie-kirk-meme/ #CopWatch #WeHaveToGetOverIt