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A Tennessee man arrested for a social media post has had the charge against him dropped.

Larry Bushart was charged with threatening mass violence after posting a Perry-linked meme about a school shooting.

Critics argued the case was a restriction of free speech and a misuse of state law.

A criminal charge against Larry Bushart , a Tennessee man who was arrested after posting a picture on a social media page of President Donald Trump commenting on the 2024 Perry, Iowa, school shootings, has been dropped, the Perry County Circuit Court Clerk's Office said.

Bushart's posting was one of many he made about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk since his Sept. 10 assassination. A clerk's office employee said the district attorney's office dropped the charge of threat o

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