Man arrested after Facebook comment quoting President Trump - WKRN News 2

[Eugene]

Oct 28, 2025
A Facebook comment quoting President Trump cost a man his freedom.

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Earlier DU thread: The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme

Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. This is fucking Kafkaesque

He's arrested for quoting the president?

[Eugene]

2. Arrested for posting an Everytown meme about gun violence.

Dump once said "get over it" about a mass shooting. The meme juxtaposes that with a candle light vigil for Charlie Kirk.

The sheriff sees the meme as a threat to public safety. Nobody else in law enforcement wants accountability for this mess, saying they're just following orders.

[Attilatheblond]

5. It's like SOME sheriffs have a big spin dial

and they judge whether an action is criminal by where the pointer on the spinner ends up.

Just kidding. Too many of these local elected law enforcers are so right wing they think their opinion is law, no matter and state or federal laws have to say on a situation. Is this guy one of those 'Constitutional Sheriffs'?

[Midnight Writer]

3. They could show up at the door of nearly every one of us posting on this forum. Tonight, tomorrow, next week.

I see the local judges have bought into this act. No parole hearing until December 10. So he's going to serve six or seven weeks (67!) or so in prison before a judge even looks at this case.

This shit should not be happening in our country.

If we don't all hang together, we will all surely hang separately.

[Chasstev365]

4. SUE THE FUCK OUT OF ZUCKERBERG AND ANYONE ELSE WHO VIOLATED YOUR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS!

This is exactly why I deleted my FB account after the election.

[Deuxcents]

6. I had FB for about 2 weeks when it first came out. One of my clients posted in Spanish and some idiot

Belittled her and I cancelled in disgust..I could see the T party taking over with other posts and never got on social media until I joined here. I have a long time friend on FB and she loves to argue with people and I’ve begged her to get off and stay off. After reading about this poor soul, I’m gonna worry about her..she can get quite rabid about what’s going on.