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

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

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.