Tennessee authorities have dropped a felony charge against a man who posted a meme after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was killed that local authorities say violated the state’s new mass violence law.
Larry Bushart, 61, a former law enforcement officer and active user of social media, was arrested on Sept. 21 after refusing to take down a meme he posted on a community page the day after Kirk was assassinated in Utah.
The meme caught the attention of Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems, who said residents felt threatened by it.
The meme features an image of President Donald Trump with a quote, “We have to get over it,” and an attribution line stating, “Donald Trump, on the Perry High School mass shooting one day after.”…