{"id":325040,"date":"2022-11-14T13:40:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/?p=325040"},"modified":"2022-11-14T00:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T05:12:41","slug":"infectious-laughter-man-arrested-for-joking-about-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/2022\/11\/infectious-laughter-man-arrested-for-joking-about-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Infectious’ laughter: Man arrested for joking about COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"
from WND<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Louisiana man is fighting in court for the First Amendment right to express satire after he made a joke about COVID-19, and was arrested by a sheriff’s armed SWAT team that confronted him with guns drawn.<\/p>\n The Institute for Justice has confirmed it has taken up the case involving Waylon Bailey of New Orleans.<\/p>\n TRUTH LIVES on at\u00a0https:\/\/sgtreport.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n He had posted a joke online comparing the COVID-19 pandemic to a zombie apocalypse, and his Facebook friends all got the comedy.<\/p>\n