NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Newly released video raises new questions about the arrest of a progressive Tennessee man for posting a Trump meme in a Facebook group.
Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems told NewsChannel 5 Investigates on Monday that Larry Bushart, 61, was arrested last month after officers in Bushart's hometown of Lexington, Tenn., went to his house to let him know that his meme was being interpreted as a threat to shoot up Perry County High School in Linden — and Bushart refused to take it down.
'What kind of person does that?" Weems asked. "What kind of person just says he don't care?"
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But video from that initial encounter on Sept. 21 shows the Lexington officer appeare

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