Retired officer jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement

Tennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk . While many people across the U.S. lost their jobs or faced other consequences over social media comments about Kirk's death , Larry Bushart's case stood out as a rare instance in which such online speech led to criminal prosecution. …