Man sues Tennessee county after he was jailed over meme related to Charlie Kirk killing
by Anna Betts from US news | The Guardian on (#728K5)
Lawsuit alleges that Larry Bushart's first amendment rights were violated when he was arrested and jailed for 37 days
A former law enforcement officer in Tennessee is suing his county and sheriff after he was jailed for more than a month for posting a meme on Facebook related to the 10 September assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
According to the new 30-page lawsuit filed this week, 10 days after Kirk's killing, Larry Bushart, 61, shared a post in the comments of a Facebook post about a vigil for Kirk in Perry county, Tennessee.
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