Retired cop jailed over Charlie Kirk meme settles unlawful incarceration lawsuit for over $800K

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer who was held in jail for more than a month after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the assassination of Charlie Kirk has settled a “unlawful incarceration” lawsuit for $835,000. Under the deal announced Wednesday, Larry Bushart,