After spending more than a month in a Tennessee jail, a retired law enforcement officer who quoted President Donald Trump on Facebook is no longer facing charges.Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems told NewsChannel 5 that he dropped the charges against Larry Bushart on Wednesday. The sudden move came af...
  • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    22 hours ago

    Eat shit, fascists!

    Public shaming and directed outrage work. One tactic of many needed to resist in this hellscape.

      • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
        38·
        21 hours ago

        According to NewsChannel 5, Bushart lost his job doing medical transport because he was unable to post a $2 million bond to get out of jail.

        Corrupt sheriff, corrupt judge, corrupt DA, and apparently incompetent defense attorney.

        I sometimes watch good judges on YouTube. I’m not completely familiar with the procedure, but I can’t imagine a good judge who wouldn’t throw this case out at the first possible opportunity. It’s simply not possible for a good judge to set $2 million bail for somebody who reposts something from the president.

        Literally, even if he had intended it to be a threat, and he obviously didn’t, there is no decent judge who would have let this case go this long if that was the only evidence.