# Talk:Perry County, Tennessee

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Content about the arrest of Larry Bushart has been added in the Government - Courts, crime, and emergency services section. I question whether this topic, although currently newsworthy, is appropriate for this article. This article aims to provide encyclopedic coverage of the County as a whole. In two years time, will anyone be interested in this matter other than those directly affected ? If this account remains in the article, what other detailed accounts of arrests and judicial proceedings will also be added ? In my view, the long term encyclopedic value of including the account of the arrest of Larry Bushart in this article is dubious at best. The content might be suitable for an article about notable miscarriages of justice._Marshelec (talk) 02:49, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello! Sorry for the delay...that was me, I edited while logged out. So I wavered on whether or not to write it, but considering the extensive coverage of the event in major international outlets, and the potential impact on the county's primary law enforcement agency, I decided it met the bare minimum criteria for inclusion. In addition to the WaPo article cited in the article, it was covered with in-depth articles in the New York Times and the Guardian, as well as Salon, the Intercept, and The 74, plus many others. To my knowledge, there really hasn't been an event in the county that has received coverage as broad as this one, especially coverage focused on an action of the county's government. The only thing that would come close in my obsevations is the murder of a National Guard member at the armory a few years back, and that is mentioned in the article as well. Based on what, if any, coverage it receives in the coming months in reliable sources there's a small chance it would meet the GNG for an article on the event itself, especially if the follow-on lawsuit leads anywhere that would be covered in law or politics journals. nf utvol (talk) 20:30, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
@Nfutvol Thanks. I accept that the arrest and the consequences are notable, and might possibly warrant an independent article. However, I still think the account currently sits awkwardly in the section because it is a relatively detailed and specific account sitting amongst content that is mostly "general". It seems "out-of-balance", and doesn't flow from the preceding sentences. Perhaps as further repercussions play out over time, the most suitable approach for incorporating this in the article will become clearer. If a new article was created for the arrest, that would help because it would allow the coverage of the topic in this article to be more concise. In the meantime, perhaps you could consider adding a sentence that leads into the account. Have any sources described the arrest and detention as a miscarriage of justice ? If so, then it might help to state this first, eg "In 2025, a widely reported miscarriage of justice occurred .....". I will leave it with you._Marshelec (talk) 20:49, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Good feedback all around. You're right, it reads very weirdly right now. I'll work on digging into the sourcing and adding some language like that to better contextualize it and make it flow. Thanks! nf utvol (talk) 20:05, 13 November 2025 (UTC)