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.
I actually find it kind of fascinating. There are loads of people in this thread defending this guy and saying that he’s being victimized by a corrupt system, all the while not noticing that he is a retired cop who spent his career as part of that corrupt system and who almost certainly sent more than a few people to jail for a couple of months on charges as bogus as these seem to be. That sounds like it might be karmic payback to me.
Personally, I’m just keeping an open mind and suspecting that there is more to the story based on the rather large bail.
How does posting a quote from the aftermath of a school shooting constitute a real threat of a new shooting? It’s relevant because it was in the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting, it wouldn’t be relevant to post a quote of “we have to get over it” if you were trying to make a threat about a future shooting.
Sure they might have taken him in on the bogus, unfounded claim that he was somehow making a threat, but the real message they’re trying to send is that being outspoken against the rise of fascism will get you thrown in jail.
There’s no point in trying to explain the bullshit excuse, because it never mattered in the first place. The judge “thought” it was a legit threat because they’re just another part of the corrupt system trying to quash this kind of discourse. If anything they went after the former cop because they want to keep any others from switching sides.
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.
The lower courts have been blocking the administration a lot. Ignorant of you to lump every part of government together. And kind of infuriating when the lower courts are about the only thing restraining the executive in Trump’s second term.
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.
Thanks for actually adding context and an assessment. Sorry you’re getting downvoted by people that don’t like it
I actually find it kind of fascinating. There are loads of people in this thread defending this guy and saying that he’s being victimized by a corrupt system, all the while not noticing that he is a retired cop who spent his career as part of that corrupt system and who almost certainly sent more than a few people to jail for a couple of months on charges as bogus as these seem to be. That sounds like it might be karmic payback to me.
Personally, I’m just keeping an open mind and suspecting that there is more to the story based on the rather large bail.
How does posting a quote from the aftermath of a school shooting constitute a real threat of a new shooting? It’s relevant because it was in the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting, it wouldn’t be relevant to post a quote of “we have to get over it” if you were trying to make a threat about a future shooting.
Sure they might have taken him in on the bogus, unfounded claim that he was somehow making a threat, but the real message they’re trying to send is that being outspoken against the rise of fascism will get you thrown in jail.
There’s no point in trying to explain the bullshit excuse, because it never mattered in the first place. The judge “thought” it was a legit threat because they’re just another part of the corrupt system trying to quash this kind of discourse. If anything they went after the former cop because they want to keep any others from switching sides.
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.
The lower courts have been blocking the administration a lot. Ignorant of you to lump every part of government together. And kind of infuriating when the lower courts are about the only thing restraining the executive in Trump’s second term.
Oh right