Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil
Source: SterlingVII
Tennessee man spends a month in jail before charges are dropped over Trump meme posted in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil
Source: SterlingVII
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Held in jail without charges till he lost his job
And they wonder why we keep using words like fascist or authoritarian.
Republicans love freedom of speech.
Certainly hope he sues for damages resulting from false imprisonment
Two things that will never get old:
A) Charlie Kirk jokes
B) Charlie Kirk
Lawyers form a line. No pushing, no cutting in.
>**[Sheriff] Weems later said he would not have been arrested in the first place if he agreed to delete the meme.**
The 1st amendment means nothing anymore.
The Constitution is just some abstract concept that means nothing in the real world to these people.
This is how they will terrorize you into silence.
Legend.
This will be another well deserved lawsuit for this guy paid for by the American taxpayer all because of maga
Wow! Very brave man.
He should sue the ever loving shit out of them
This is the thing. They don’t have to have charges that stick. They don’t have to actually have a legal reason to harass you. The damage is done. It’s a chilling effect and they well know it. This is how they shut down opposition and cow those who would stand in their way. And soon it won’t be stoppable.
They probably already have Peter Thiel trawling thru Reddit for posts just like this one. Put me on your list buddy. I’m not going down without a fight.
Aren’t magas always complaining about in Europe you can get arrested over a meme? Lol
Charlie Kirk? You mean former podcaster turned bullet magnet Charlie Kirk?
Y’all Qaeda says thou shalt not blaspheme the new Prophet Mohammad / Jesus replacement known as Charlie Kirk.
The first amendment is dead.
Lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit.
That lawsuit is just waiting to be won
I just want to know what the meme was. What if it went viral?
He’s about ready to make a nice paycheck from them for false imprisonment.
That’s ∞% longer than Trump spent incarcerated for attempting (and failing) a coup.
This man is about to be a millionaire
> Kirk, a conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA
Sane washing. Kirk was a grifter, terrorist, and fraud.
Turning point is an anti-american terrorist organization that abuses free speech to attack others for financial gain
Keep in mind, no one who actually made threats following Kirk’s killing got a ridiculous 2 million dollar bail. So even if he actually did what they tried to claim, his bail could have easily been 5-20k.
This was obviously punitive and malicious from the start. The sheriff isn’t even pretending he acted in good faith.
I hope he sues the sh!t of them!
Getting paid youngblood getting paid!!
Sue, baby, sue!
I can’t believe the logic:
“Here’s an exact quote of something Trump literally said, verbatim.”
“THAT’S CLEARLY A THREATENING STATEMENT!!!”
Umm, yeah, dimwits. That was the point.
I hope he sues the pants off of everyone involved.
Sounds like a good law suit in the making.
He won’t need to work again after the lawsuit. What a bunch of backwoods morons.
He should sue them for millions, for blatantly violating his civil rights, wrongful imprisonment, mental anguish, and whatever else his lawyer can come up with!
Free speech
Lawsuit time.
1A win. The Bill of Rights provides Pyrrhic victories. Only a just society can be free.