"Ex-Cop Sues After Spending 37 Days in Jail for Sharing Meme Following Charlie Kirk Murder"
Eugene Volokh | 12.23.2025 1:43 PM
From the Complaint in Bushart v. Perry County (W.D. Tenn.); as usual, note that these are just allegations, and I look forward to seeing any eventual court decision:
Larry Bushart spent 37 days behind bars simply for speaking his mind. It took a national uproar about his detention for Perry County officials to drop the charge against Mr. Bushart—a charge officials knew from the outset was unfounded.
On September 10, 2025, a gunman assassinated conservative commentator Charlie Kirk as he debated members of his audience at a Utah university. The attack dominated the national conversation. As many mourned Kirk, a passionate advocate for Second Amendment rights, others exercised their First Amendment rights by arguing........





















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