Released from jail!! The TN man arrested for posting Trump's exact words

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. I hope this guy sues the Sheriff, the Sheriff's Dept., the county for false arrest, false imprisonment and

violation of his 1st and 4th Amend. rights.
I hope he bankrupts this county.

[RT Atlanta]

2. "i just gotta do what I gotta do...'' giggled the good ol boy cop at the end

just like the Nazis following orders.....

[Bread and Circuses]

3. I sure hope that a first amendment attorney ...

Is representing this man . Excellent case to bankrupt that Republican sheriff , the judge and the county.

[Blues Heron]

4. How fucked up is this country. Don't answer!

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. This video points out State Rep Justin Jones wrote to the sheriff today

and if that name sounds familiar, he was one of the reps who were expelled for bullshit reasons, before they were reinstated: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65216667

Good to see he continues to do good work.

[sheshe2]

6. This country has become an embarrassment.

[BidenRocks]

7. Yo, Marc Elias!

Got a few minutes?

[progressoid]

8. sniff sniff...

Is that a lawsuit I smell?

[reACTIONary]

9. Background information from.. .

.... Just after the arrest. This guy has a really good cause for a first amendment lawsuit.

https://theintercept.com/2025/10/23/charlie-kirk-meme-arrest-tennessee-larry-bushart/

[Captain Zero]

14. And wrongful imprisonment

It seems to me.
That's just my opinion.
He probably should consult a lawyer if he wants to SAY THAT.

[Grins]

10. No cheering yet!!! It's not what you think.

NY Times:

“Mr. Bushart’s BAIL had been set at $2 MILLION.”

So not released and charges dropped; but out on bail.
And a TWO MILLION DOLLAR bail??? For a post on Facebook??

That’s what you give to someone charged with ACTUAL MURDER!

- What was given to an Ohio man who killed his GF’s 5-month old!
- What a Wisconsin man charged with the street murder of a Canadian tourist got!
- What a Connecticut man got for bludgeoning his mother to death - and admitted it to police!

Fun fact: It’s also the bail amount given to Reich-wing poster boy - Kyle Rittenhouse.

[Ilikepurple]

12. Not sure, but I think he couldn't post the $2 million bail, but charges were subsequently dropped

You are right that the bail amount was extraordinary, especially in comparison with the charges of those others.

[Grins]

15. Looked again. You're correct.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Fascism trickling from the top down.

Just like Trump’s election made the racists bolder, the previously closeted fascists now feel free to stomp our rights.

[Ilikepurple]

13. So scary that local sheriffs and DA's feel this empowered and untouchable

It’s alarming that they can disrupt someone’s life this much on charges that I’m sure they knew they’d eventually have to drop. You don’t need convictions to chill speech. Fear of arrest is enough for many of us. There remains civil rights remedies, but I’m curious if the Federal Government and Red States will start ignoring judgments for civil rights violations or if the hurdles will get higher. It certainly wasn’t perfect before, but I’m not sure how effective the checks and balances our legal system will continue to provide. How brazen will state actors become? How far will SCOTUS take the presumption of constitutionality of state actions? Hopefully, people wake up enough that we can scare some sense into our institutions’ representatives by way of popular opinion and votes.