Going to keep this one here but no more US submissions after this

There's the rest of the fediverse for this type of thing

What's the actual meme

His first hearing isn't until December! Imagine being stuck in jail for at least 2 months for a meme...

Another casualty in the great meme war.

Individuals cannot be arrested simply for expressing dissenting opinions or sharing memes that criticize the government, as long as those expressions do not constitute true threats. Fuck that NSPM-7 order.

Can he appeal that bond? I can't imagine what probable cause would lead to this unless it's 100% not the meme posting.

We don't know what evidence was presented to the judge. That's all that can be said, but I'll add this, stay the fuck off FaceBook. Preaching to the choir around here, I know.

Those comms are in the clear and monitored not only by FB, but by the sort of people that initiated this complaint. And guess where the government is aiming their new, high-power AI tools? Funny that people are worried about our discussions here when the administration has their hands full monitoring the big dogs.

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At first glance it doesn't seem like much but there are factors that might cause him some real trouble.

He posted the meme(s) in the Perry county (Tennessee) community FB group. The meme references the Perry high school mass shooting. The Perry high school shooting happened in Iowa but this knucklehead posted it in a group where it could easily be taken to mean the local Perry high school as a threat. Further, the meme has the added tag of "This seems relevant today" so it was taken as a threat to shoot up the local school. The judge seems to think it was a legit threat too since the bond was set at $2,000,000 dollars.

Personally, unless there is more too it, I think he'll get off in the end. His posts don't sound much worse than many things I've seen posted and it doesn't seem to me like a direct threat. But then, I don't live by a Perry High School

Still, sucks to be him since he's stuck in jail until at least December. Then again, he's a former cop, so I have to wonder how many other people lives he ruined by getting them locked up for months on some bullshit charge. Maybe this is just karma.

Some of the memes he posted. The last one is what got him arrested and the the $2mil bond for "threatening a school shooting".

What a fucking miscarriage of justice. Everyone involved in this should go to prison themselves.

And that's how, free speech dies.

Holy shit, the post in question is really benign too. We're so fucking cooked.

FTA:

In response to a Facebook post about an upcoming vigil for Kirk, Bushart shared an image of President Donald Trump with the quote, "We have to get over it," which Trump said in January 2024 after a shooting at Iowa's Perry High School. Text added to the image said, "This seems relevant today."

Clearly suppression of free speech.

I got questions. What evidence was presented to the judge such that he set this insane bail? Who represented this guy? He had to have had a public defender at the least.

Either this is one of the worst miscarriages of justice in my 50-years or we're going to hear more.

(slaps the Constitution down in the judge's bench)

"The defense rests, your honor."

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$2m bond for memeing too hard? Gtfo, I hope FIRE metaphorically beats all those yokels from cop to prosecutor to judge. No less than three public officials with not possibly more than 2 brain cells between them.

Going to be a wonderful lawsuit to retire on.

you see that glint in his eye? he knows the case has no merit and he's going to sue the fucking shit out of everybody.

dude is playing that game, "would you x for a billion dollars?" and knows he's going to win.

In America they put you in prison for quoting the president at an inappropriate time.

Select all squares with an innocent man

This ought be in the us-politics community, not relegated to being a mere "meme".

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Two million dollar bond for this is such a shakedown

Your precious freedom of speech is so dead, that you can't even quote your presidents own words anymore...

Malicious prosecution - Wikipedia

Good thing you have all that second amendment to defend the first.

Reminds me a bit of Daniel Baker who posted tweets about defending ourselves from insurrection after Jan 6.

https://theintercept.com/2021/10/16/daniel-baker-anarchist-capitol-riot/

Still, it certainly feels crass;

No, no it doesn't

The cherry on top of all this corrupt bullshit:

The Perry County Circuit Court website indicates Bushart had a motion hearing scheduled for October 9, but when reached by phone Friday, a court clerk told Reason the hearing was "reset" for December 4.

Loser crybaby president

Excuse me sir, do you have a loicense for that constitutionally protected speech?

I don't know what the fuck the author this article is thinking cuz that post was not crass in the least.