A Middle Tennessee sheriff is defending the arrest of a man who posted an online meme quoting President Donald Trump.

Larry Bushart, 61, of Lexington, faces felony charges for threatening a mass shooting at Perry County High School – even though Sheriff Nick Weems admits the meme does not actually contain any threatening words that led investigators to think it was a real threat.

The case, Weems said, hinges on how some people in Perry County may have interpreted the meme that noted Trump's response to a school shooting in Perry, Iowa. Bushart has sat in jail for more than a month, unable to make the $2 million bond set by a local judge.

“This has everything to do with a guy coming onto a Perry County page posting this picture leading people in our community to believe that there was a

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