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Individuals cannot be arrested simply for expressing dissenting opinions or sharing memes that criticize the government, as long as those expressions do not constitute true threats. Fuck that NSPM-7 order.
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His first hearing isn’t until December! Imagine being stuck in jail for at least 2 months for a meme…
What’s the actual meme
Allegedly:
Thank you confirming a nothing burger…
And just like that US is now like UK where online comments lead to charges.
They are doing this for a specific purpose.
Well, I’m sure the RSS bot doesn’t want to get arrested so…
The rss bot is a member of antifa
Can he appeal that bond? I can’t imagine what probable cause would lead to this unless it’s 100% not the meme posting.
No way it’s just the meme for that kind of bond. The judge must have considered him some kind of risk to the community. My guess is that the investigators found some evidence suggesting that he meant for it to be interpreted as a threat.
At first glance it doesn’t seem like much but there are factors that might cause him some real trouble.
He posted the meme(s) in the Perry county (Tennessee) community FB group. The meme references the Perry high school mass shooting. The Perry high school shooting happened in Iowa but this knucklehead posted it in a group where it could easily be taken to mean the local Perry high school as a threat. Further, the meme has the added tag of “This seems relevant today” so it was taken as a threat to shoot up the local school. The judge seems to think it was a legit threat too since the bond was set at $2,000,000 dollars.
Personally, unless there is more too it, I think he’ll get off in the end. His posts don’t sound much worse than many things I’ve seen posted and it doesn’t seem to me like a direct threat. But then, I don’t live by a Perry High School
Still, sucks to be him since he’s stuck in jail until at least December. Then again, he’s a former cop, so I have to wonder how many other people lives he ruined by getting them locked up for months on some bullshit charge. Maybe this is just karma.
Okay but
This man should be put in front of a judge who should realize that it is not that
We don’t know that for certain. I mean, the guy actually did go before a judge who decided that he was enough of a threat to warrant a $2 million dollar bail. My assumption is that the judge saw more evidence than was included in this article.
Bold of you to assume the best of a fascist government.
Oh right
