>Bushart’s crime? Directly quoting Donald Trump on this Facebook page.
>One of his posts was a photo of President Donald Trump, along with the quote **“We have to get over it,”** drawing from his response to a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, in 2024.
Saved you a click
Kincherk on
Not only that, this man, who is 61, was jailed for FIVE WEEKS. As a result, he lost his job. And he’s 61, so we all know how difficult it will be for him to get a new job at his age.
If I were him, my first phone call upon release would be to the ACLU.
Embarrassed_Soil2714 on
This is why I quit all social media and throwaway my reddit account every few months
Admirable_Thing_6024 on
It’s so crazy what’s going on in the USA. As a German, I’m really afraid because they say what happens in the USA will happen here a few years later
LuvKrahft on
Dan McClellan points out why Charlie Kirk was a know nothing hate monger
And not a peep from the people bitching about the UK
Various-Plenty-2703 on
The sheriff, the judge the city and everybody else you can think of of more than the 2M bail that was put on him.
Catspaw129 on
At least he didn’t quote Ronald Regan — he’d have been accused of being Canadian and been deported (probably not to Canada)
/s
DeweyPLlama on
>In his interview with NewsChannel 5, Sheriff Weems insisted all of this could have been avoided if Bushart had just deleted the meme that some people in Perry County found objectionable.
“Whenever we sent Lexington Police Department out to speak to him and he refused to do that, I mean, what kind of person does that?” Weems asked. “What kind of person just says he don’t care?”
> He also referenced the public reaction to Bushart’s post, which the sheriff claims resulted in people thinking the post was about a shooting in the area. Those who actually viewed the post and the page have pointed out that no one commented on the meme with anything that resembled concern Bushart might be referencing the local high school.
>Sheriff Weems has continued to insist he’s done nothing wrong, despite body cam footage from the arresting officers making it clear the sheriff lied to journalists during this interview and while making other comments to the press.
>Lexington police told The Intercept that Weems had lied when he told local news outlets that the forces had “coordinated” to offer Bushart a chance to delete the post prior to his arrest. Confronted with the bodycam footage, Weems denied lying, claiming that his investigator’s report must have been inaccurate, NewsChannel 5 reported.
>Weems later admitted to NewsChannel 5 that “investigators knew that the meme was not about Perry County High School” and sought Bushart’s arrest anyway, supposedly hoping to quell “the fears of people in the community who misinterpreted it.” That’s as close as Weems comes to seemingly admitting that his intention was to censor the post.
Looks like Sheriff Weems has got himself in to a whole heep’a trouble.
SirRichardLove on
Fuck Charlie Kirk.
aegenium on
The charges were bogus and they knew it. This is blatantly violating the first amendment and meant to be an act of intimidation.
Sucks they will probably get away with it.
Green-Collection-968 on
Sue them. Sue them all now.
yotengodormir on
Being jailed for mean social media posts.
Magats keep trying to turn this country into Saudi Arabia
Immolation_E on
I hope this guy gets a good lawyer.
can_ichange_it_later on
Sherrifs…
Some of those are Sooo very scary…
NovelCandid on
Saw an interview with the arresting sheriff. Somewhere in the first two minutes, you can notice that the significance of what his department did, is just starting to become clear to him
Fiveofthem on
So the judge was in on it too? Wasn’t it a judge that required a 2 million bond?
wonkey_monkey on
Bit late with that headline. He was arrested on September 22nd.
edwardturnerlives on
Yeh we know. Update us when the sheriff gets what he’s due.
Elon_is_a_Nazi on
Everyone involved illegally kidnapping this man for 5 weeks should get a minimum of 25 years no possibility of parole in a federal prison. Freedom of speech is the backbone of this country. MAGA, republicans, American nazis, democrats, immigrants, independents should all be up in arms over this
catwith4peglegs on
Get rid of your Facebook
ScoobyDone on
That’ll teach the libruls for making the M+M lady less sexy! /s
Ian_Rubbish on
Charlie Kirk fans: “I love my dead gay racist podcaster!”
neutrino71 on
Freezing all the peaches
NecessaryHoliday3 on
But they think women should not have the right to vote because they’re too emotional huh? Conservatives men are literally are the most emotional, fragile and illogical people I’ve ever seen
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>Bushart’s crime? Directly quoting Donald Trump on this Facebook page.
>One of his posts was a photo of President Donald Trump, along with the quote **“We have to get over it,”** drawing from his response to a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, in 2024.
Saved you a click
Not only that, this man, who is 61, was jailed for FIVE WEEKS. As a result, he lost his job. And he’s 61, so we all know how difficult it will be for him to get a new job at his age.
If I were him, my first phone call upon release would be to the ACLU.
This is why I quit all social media and throwaway my reddit account every few months
It’s so crazy what’s going on in the USA. As a German, I’m really afraid because they say what happens in the USA will happen here a few years later
Dan McClellan points out why Charlie Kirk was a know nothing hate monger
[Responding to Charlie Kirk on Christian nationalism](https://youtu.be/Nq9-rh7rj8A?si=T7EWXvxOnx6xqgms)
Brought to you by the party of free speech
Trump quotes are that insane, truly
And not a peep from the people bitching about the UK
The sheriff, the judge the city and everybody else you can think of of more than the 2M bail that was put on him.
At least he didn’t quote Ronald Regan — he’d have been accused of being Canadian and been deported (probably not to Canada)
/s
>In his interview with NewsChannel 5, Sheriff Weems insisted all of this could have been avoided if Bushart had just deleted the meme that some people in Perry County found objectionable.
“Whenever we sent Lexington Police Department out to speak to him and he refused to do that, I mean, what kind of person does that?” Weems asked. “What kind of person just says he don’t care?”
> He also referenced the public reaction to Bushart’s post, which the sheriff claims resulted in people thinking the post was about a shooting in the area. Those who actually viewed the post and the page have pointed out that no one commented on the meme with anything that resembled concern Bushart might be referencing the local high school.
>Sheriff Weems has continued to insist he’s done nothing wrong, despite body cam footage from the arresting officers making it clear the sheriff lied to journalists during this interview and while making other comments to the press.
>Lexington police told The Intercept that Weems had lied when he told local news outlets that the forces had “coordinated” to offer Bushart a chance to delete the post prior to his arrest. Confronted with the bodycam footage, Weems denied lying, claiming that his investigator’s report must have been inaccurate, NewsChannel 5 reported.
>Weems later admitted to NewsChannel 5 that “investigators knew that the meme was not about Perry County High School” and sought Bushart’s arrest anyway, supposedly hoping to quell “the fears of people in the community who misinterpreted it.” That’s as close as Weems comes to seemingly admitting that his intention was to censor the post.
Looks like Sheriff Weems has got himself in to a whole heep’a trouble.
Fuck Charlie Kirk.
The charges were bogus and they knew it. This is blatantly violating the first amendment and meant to be an act of intimidation.
Sucks they will probably get away with it.
Sue them. Sue them all now.
Being jailed for mean social media posts.
Magats keep trying to turn this country into Saudi Arabia
I hope this guy gets a good lawyer.
Sherrifs…
Some of those are Sooo very scary…
Saw an interview with the arresting sheriff. Somewhere in the first two minutes, you can notice that the significance of what his department did, is just starting to become clear to him
So the judge was in on it too? Wasn’t it a judge that required a 2 million bond?
Bit late with that headline. He was arrested on September 22nd.
Yeh we know. Update us when the sheriff gets what he’s due.
Everyone involved illegally kidnapping this man for 5 weeks should get a minimum of 25 years no possibility of parole in a federal prison. Freedom of speech is the backbone of this country. MAGA, republicans, American nazis, democrats, immigrants, independents should all be up in arms over this
Get rid of your Facebook
That’ll teach the libruls for making the M+M lady less sexy! /s
Charlie Kirk fans: “I love my dead gay racist podcaster!”
Freezing all the peaches
But they think women should not have the right to vote because they’re too emotional huh? Conservatives men are literally are the most emotional, fragile and illogical people I’ve ever seen