Victory: Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins $835,000 settlement

A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer won an $835,000 settlement after spending 37 days in jail for posting a meme critical of Charlie Kirk following an assassination attempt. Sheriff Nick Weems obtained an arrest warrant based on the false claim the meme threatened a local high school, despite knowing it referenced a shooting in a different state over 500 miles away and was protected political speech under the First Amendment. The case represents one of hundreds of Americans censored for online speech following Kirk's assassination.