This is a few counties over from where I’m at, but the biggest thing was Channel 5 News did an interview with the Sheriff and he basically admitted on air that the guy wasn’t guilty.
Like I can not stress how much the State’s county DA and Sheriff have fumbled this case and basically handed this guy a blank check.
And the thing is, while a majority of folks were okay at one point for punishing guy over his meme, the county has all but replaced all that with disgust how how terrible the cops have handled this.
Like they’re still upset about the meme, but nowhere near as upset with how self destructive the Sheriff’s department has been.
So they’re cool with blatant first amendment violations, they’re just pissed off that the government was sloppy about it?
Are they still mad enough about the meme to think he should have been arrested anyway, they just wish the government had been more competent when doing an authoritarianism?
“We thought everyone would be cool with violating this guy’s rights, but it turns out people really don’t like that, because it’s pretty easy to imagine that happening to them, too.”
This is a few counties over from where I’m at, but the biggest thing was Channel 5 News did an interview with the Sheriff and he basically admitted on air that the guy wasn’t guilty.
Like I can not stress how much the State’s county DA and Sheriff have fumbled this case and basically handed this guy a blank check.
And the thing is, while a majority of folks were okay at one point for punishing guy over his meme, the county has all but replaced all that with disgust how how terrible the cops have handled this.
Like they’re still upset about the meme, but nowhere near as upset with how self destructive the Sheriff’s department has been.
So they’re cool with blatant first amendment violations, they’re just pissed off that the government was sloppy about it?
Are they still mad enough about the meme to think he should have been arrested anyway, they just wish the government had been more competent when doing an authoritarianism?
Yes, exactly. It’s rural Tennessee. They don’t care about first amendment violations unless they’re personally affected by it.
“We thought everyone would be cool with violating this guy’s rights, but it turns out people really don’t like that, because it’s pretty easy to imagine that happening to them, too.”