The dropping of the charges came after NewsChannel 5 aired an interview on Wednesday with Weems in which he admitted that investigators knew the meme was not about a school shooting, but authorities were responding to community anxiety.
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Due to being imprisoned for more than a month, Bushart reportedly lost his job in medical transport.
From the local news article sourced by The Independent:
Charges Dropped: Tennessee authorities dismiss charges against man who posted Trump meme
Bushart had been in jail for more than a month, unable to post a $2 million bond set by a Perry County judge. As a result, sources tell NewsChannel 5, Bushart had lost his job doing medical transport.
A $2 million bond for posting a picture of a quote on Facebook.
That dude is gonna be able to retire early after he sues the shit out of that county.
Charges dropped are not enough. The sheriff knowingly falsely imprisoned this innocent man for a month. He will escape justice as usual, because one of the perks of working in law enforcement is the ability to severely disrupt or even destroy the life of anyone you dislike, with near-perfect impunity.
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Changed. Sorry, went with suggested title the website gave me.
If you are going to editorialize the title, at least make it coherent instead of that awful mess you made!
man has charges are dropped
WTF? 🤣 🤡 😬
Went with w/e the lemmy suggestion was. Wasn’t trying to editorialize. Just trying to write what it said with my phone’s keyboard.
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Went with the lemmy suggested title.
No shit
