Man Released from Jail Five Weeks After Posting Charlie Kirk Meme

A retired police officer was released from Perry County Jail in Linden, Tennessee, more than five weeks since he was arrested at home after sharing a Facebook post about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. The post quoted President Donald Trump saying “we have to get over it” after a deadly 2024 school shooting in Iowa. Authorities in Perry County had held Larry Bushart on charges of threatening mass violence on school property, which he denied.