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This is the image they jailed him for.
This should be a slam dunk win for him. Blatant political retribution. The people who jailed him should be jailed, disbarred, fined, etc., the citizens shouldn’t have to pay the court award for their fascism.
May I say thanks for the pixelation. I'm serious, it's tiring looking at his ugly clueless face all the time.
It's amazing how expressive that face is, simultaneously conveying limitless malice and stupidity. The face of a child rapist? It's believable.
He is like a living testament to the Roald Dahl aphorism about thinking evil thoughts making you look evil.
Are you fucking kidding me? He simply quoted Trump and got jail time? What a fucking joke.
Thou shall not offend the Dear Leader!
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Then they came for the retired law enforcement
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And I said nothing because ACAB
Okay, that's pretty funny.
I do wonder, if the roles were reversed, would he have refused orders to make the arrest?
At least he is American and can sue. Some immigrants were deported and had their lives destroyed just because they had their opinions
Was there ever a time that Republicans actually stayed true to their principles when it wasn’t to their advantage?
In my life experience I honestly can’t think of a time.
Like 60+ years ago, before the Southern Strategy, yes.
They have been corrupt selfish assholes my entire life.
Almost 100% of the time actually. You gotta think, what are republican principles? The answer is hate and bigotry, and the vast majority have stuck to that in spades.
1860
Turns out being a cop doesn't protect you from the regime.
Wish all the law enforcement officers who voted for a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist realized that before voting for a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist.
Cops often grew up under similar circumstances to many people who joined gangs. Being a cop is just being part of the biggest most untouchable gang of them all.
Kirk hasn't said anything racist in a while.
Looks like we found a cure for racism
Excited to be in the Supermax Prison built entirely for people who reposted illegal memes.
There will be an entire cell block for people that post this.
The former police officer shared a meme on Facebook about a vigil being held in Tennessee for Kirk.
“This seems relevant today,” read the meme, which included a photo of Trump and a quote the then-candidate made in 2024 following a shooting at Perry High School in Des Moines, Iowa.
“We have to get over it,” Trump is quoted as saying in the meme.
Four officers came to Bushart’s home the next day, arrested him and took him to jail for “threatening mass violence at a school.” Authorities at the time said that the post was understood locally to be a threat to an area school that has a similar name to the one where the 2024 shooting occurred, according to court records.
“When Mr. Bushart posted the meme, he had no inkling or reason to think that anyone would take it as a threat of violence. And unsurprisingly, defendants … have produced no evidence that any person interpreted the meme as a threat,” the lawsuit states. “In fact, the Perry County School District has no records at all concerning Mr. Bushart or the meme.”
And there are people in this country who may still see nothing wrong with this, because it involves their dear blameless president.
And this guy was a retired cop. Nobody is safe.
Let's not use the opinionated word "tragedy."
This is the way.
If fucking Nazis are still permitted to go on marches (and that's the typical case discussed) then someone sure as FUCK can say whatever they want about some asshat like Kirk passing away...
Too bad he was retired otherwise he would've only been suspended for a month with full pay. /s I hope he gets a shitload of money for being subject to the thought police hypocrisy.
Meanwhile, republican politicians get away with saying the most vile shit about people with mental illnesses, minorities, the poor and women, as usual. The hypocritical circus is never ending.
This is such an egregious violation of his rights that he should sue for millions because he'll get it.
scary thing is how they managed to find him (the retired cop) through facebook.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone in his cop friend circle reported him
I mean isn't your name right there on it? It isn't even semi-anonymous.
And he will win
Yeah, but will any of the police officers involved in this disgrace lose anything? Or is it just going to be taxpayers signing a settlement check again?
we need socialism
this is america. it's free speech. seriously!
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