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At first glance it doesn't seem like much but there are factors that might cause him some real trouble.
He posted the meme(s) in the Perry county (Tennessee) community FB group. The meme references the Perry high school mass shooting. The Perry high school shooting happened in Iowa but this knucklehead posted it in a group where it could easily be taken to mean the local Perry high school as a threat. Further, the meme has the added tag of "This seems relevant today" so it was taken as a threat to shoot up the local school. The judge seems to think it was a legit threat too since the bond was set at $2,000,000 dollars.
Personally, unless there is more too it, I think he'll get off in the end. His posts don't sound much worse than many things I've seen posted and it doesn't seem to me like a direct threat. But then, I don't live by a Perry High School
Still, sucks to be him since he's stuck in jail until at least December. Then again, he's a former cop, so I have to wonder how many other people lives he ruined by getting them locked up for months on some bullshit charge. Maybe this is just karma.
Thanks for actually adding context and an assessment. Sorry you're getting downvoted by people that don't like it
I actually find it kind of fascinating. There are loads of people in this thread defending this guy and saying that he's being victimized by a corrupt system, all the while not noticing that he is a retired cop who spent his career as part of that corrupt system and who almost certainly sent more than a few people to jail for a couple of months on charges as bogus as these seem to be. That sounds like it might be karmic payback to me.
Personally, I'm just keeping an open mind and suspecting that there is more to the story based on the rather large bail.
Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if the loud mob is right but it seems like we're all guessing with not much info. Agreed that it's a bit fascinating. I'm definitely not upset with my decision to leave the US