“I mean, it’s just control over people’s speech,” Eargle said.
The Perry County Sheriff’s office chose to remove its Facebook page after the controversy, and it remains down as of this writing.
But Weems logged onto his Facebook page on Wednesday before Bushart’s charges were dropped, The Intercept reported. The sheriff seemingly stuck to his guns that people had interpreted the meme as a threat to a local school, claiming that he’s “100 percent for protecting the First Amendment. However, freedom of speech does not allow anyone to put someone else in fear of their well being.”
For Bushart, who The Intercept noted retired from decades in law enforcement
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