Tennessee officials agreed to pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Larry Bushart, a 61-year-old retired police officer who was jailed for 37 days in September after refusing to remove Facebook posts joking about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Bushart's felony charge was dropped in October, and the settlement resolves his claims that his First Amendment rights were violated.
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Tennessee officials agreed to pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Larry Bushart, a 61-year-old retired police officer who was jailed for 37 days in September after refusing to remove Facebook posts joking about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Bushart's felony charge was dropped in October, and the settlement resolves his claims that his First Amendment rights were violated.