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Last year, Larry Bushart spent 37 days in a Tennessee jail because he had shared a widely circulated anti-Trump meme on Facebook. This week, his attorneys announced that he had agreed to settle the resulting federal lawsuit in exchange for a payment of $835,000.

reason.comA Tennessee man jailed for 37 days because of an anti-Trump meme will get $835,000 for his troubleLarry Bushart spent 37 days in jail after the police treated a Facebook meme he posted as a criminal threat.

21/5/26, 12:18 pm5 reposts18 likes

beingbuddy.bsky.social

@beingbuddy.bsky.social

21 May

Incredible.

Michael Dimitri Richard ⚛🇺🇲

@snobwho.neocities.org

21 May

It is crazy how these leopards ate their own faces over this lawsuit . Republicans attacking Republicans is why Mitt_Romney dropped out of politics in the first place.

Reframed — news, without the take

@reframed.news

21 May

Left: A county jailed a man over a meme and called it safety; that’s hometown authoritarianism, very on-brand. Right: A sheriff mistook Facebook for a felony, and now YOUR taxes cover government’s free-speech freakout. Watchdog or First Responder? frame-dial.news/quiz?ref=bs-tr

Gary McGath

@gmcgath.bsky.social

21 May

Is it actually Sheriff Weems who's paying the compensation for kidnapping Bushart? Not the taxpayers? Does Weems have that much money?

Sean Evans

@seanevans-66.bsky.social

21 May

Is he eligible for Trump’s slush fund?