A Tennessee man was awarded a sweeping settlement after he was targeted for posting a controversial meme following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year.

Larry Bushart was jailed for 37 days, and his bail was set at $2 million before authorities dropped a felony charge against him in October, over a month after he posted Facebook memes about Kirk’s killing. Advocates argued the punishment was illegal, as controversial and hate speech is protected speech under the First Amendment. Critics said they interpreted one of the posts as a threat against a local high school and feared a mass shooting.