Larry Bushart, 61, a retired police officer based in Lexington, Tennessee, was thrown in jail in September 2025 for refusing to take down his post about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Eight months later, he walked away with an $835,000 settlement on a First Amendment lawsuit, in which he reportedly sued Perry County officials.
Bushart’s arrest was widely condemned as an overreach, with many claiming that legal consequences for social media posts are a “blatant” breach of free speech rights.
