CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Thursday set a $1 million bond for a white livestreamer charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting and wounding a Black man in a case that has stoked debate over the extents of free speech and the rights of content creators who profit from hate-filled interactions.
Dalton Eatherly, who livestreams under the moniker "Chud the Builder," is charged in the May 14 shooting of another man, Joshua Fox, outside of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville, a city of about 165,000 people not far from Kentucky.
Judge H. Reid Poland III forbade attendees at Thursday's hearing from using electronic devices and interfering in any way with the proceedings, and he ordered several people from the courtroom, including conservative activist Jake Lang, who was led out in handcuffs.
