Former Officer Jailed Over Charlie Kirk Response Sues Sheriff

A man who was jailed for 37 days over a meme he shared on social media after Charlie Kirk’s death is suing the local sheriff who claimed the post was a threat.

Larry Gene Bushart Jr. alleges in a complaint Wednesday that Perry County, Tenn., its sheriff, and a sheriff’s office investigator violated his First and Fourth amendment rights. Bushart contends the arrest and detention were in retaliation for exercising his free speech and constitute an unlawful seizure, false arrest, and a malicious prosecution.

The defendants understood “Bushart’s post as political commentary on the debate about guns in America, but ...