Larry Bushart, former police officer, has been arrested for posting the meme ............"We need to get over it."........which was his response to calls for people to pray for Charlie Kirk.

 

The meme 'we need to get over' it is based on Trump's crass response to the parents of the Perry High School shootings.

 

Bushart is being held on a $2 million bond.

 

 

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/tennessee-man-arrested-posting-meme-142131478.html

 

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8 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Larry Bushart, former police officer, has been arrested for posting the meme ............"We need to get over it."........which was his response to calls for people to pray for Charlie Kirk.

 

The meme 'we need to get over' it is based on Trump's crass response to the parents of the Perry High School shootings.

 

Bushart is being held on a $2 million bond.

 

 

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/tennessee-man-arrested-posting-meme-142131478.html

 

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This sounds like the UK.

1 minute ago, Fact said:

This sounds like the UK.

 

 

Those hurty words cause no end of trouble......bring back free speech I say.

 

 

8 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Larry Bushart, former police officer, has been arrested for posting the meme ............"We need to get over it."........which was his response to calls for people to pray for Charlie Kirk.

 

The meme 'we need to get over' it is based on Trump's crass response to the parents of the Perry High School shootings.

 

Bushart is being held on a $2 million bond.

 

 

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/tennessee-man-arrested-posting-meme-142131478.html

 

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There is more to this story. 

 

Larry Bushart, 61, who is from Lexington, Tennessee and is a former police officer with the Huntingdon Police Department, was arrested on Sept. 22 and charged with threats of mass violence on school property and activities after posting a photo in the Facebook comments of a Perry County community group page.

 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2025/09/23/tennessee-larry-bushart-arrest-charlie-kirk/86313013007/

 

 

AOL is still around ... 

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Those hurty words cause no end of trouble......bring back free speech I say.

 

 

Executive Summary

Larry Gene Bushart, a 61-year-old former Tennessee police officer, was arrested in September 2025 after posting Facebook memes that local authorities say referenced a hypothetical school shooting tied to online discussion about Charlie Kirk; deputies charged him with threatening mass violence at a school after the posts alarmed teachers, parents, and students [1] [2]. Reporting from September 22–24, 2025 consistently describes the posts as memes quoting President Trump and/or referencing a hypothetical shooting; authorities framed the posts as a public-safety threat that warranted arrest [1] [3] [4].

 

https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/bushart-meme-arrest-free-speech-94a00b

20 hours ago, Fact said:

Executive Summary

Larry Gene Bushart, a 61-year-old former Tennessee police officer, was arrested in September 2025 after posting Facebook memes that local authorities say referenced a hypothetical school shooting tied to online discussion about Charlie Kirk; deputies charged him with threatening mass violence at a school after the posts alarmed teachers, parents, and students [1] [2]. Reporting from September 22–24, 2025 consistently describes the posts as memes quoting President Trump and/or referencing a hypothetical shooting; authorities framed the posts as a public-safety threat that warranted arrest [1] [3] [4].

 

https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/bushart-meme-arrest-free-speech-94a00b

 

No evidence whatsoever.