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    Lehrer verhaftet, weil er während der Sitzung der Stadtkommission wiederholt für die Gegner des Rechenzentrums geklatscht hatte


    Lehrer verhaftet, weil er während der Sitzung der Stadtkommission wiederholt für die Gegner des Rechenzentrums geklatscht hatte

    https://www.kcbd.com/2026/07/27/teacher-arrested-repeatedly-clapping-favor-data-center-opponents-during-city-commission-meeting/

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    1. jhkayejr on

      Edited to remove my comment based on not understanding that this occurred in Kansas, not Florida.

    3. HowardBunnyColvin on

      What a shame. Data Centers are nothing but trouble. Over here in NOVA they are noisy neighbors. They make a lot of noise, hog electricity and water, and are the definition of soulless corporate behemoths. Nothing about what they do is redeeming. I say this knowing full well my remote work may be enabled by a data center. Still, fuck them old country way!

    5. Financial_Humor_8134 on

      Arresting someone over repeated clapping at a public meeting raises obvious questions about where officials draw the line between maintaining order and protecting free expression.

    6. MrPantsyFlants on

      You may dissent citizen, it is your right but you will be arrested since we require your obedience on this matter. You may dissent and loudly express your beliefs in one of our limited free speech zones that are located 20 miles outside the city limits in an unused field.

    9. OneAndDone169 on

      The thing that’s crazy is the tax payers will be footing the bill for what’s about to be a massive lawsuit

    10. Particular_Today1624 on

      Whenever I hear these stories about people being arrested for, basically, free speech, I always picture the cops who are being all badass in their uniforms, stripped of their uniforms and sidearms curled up in a corner sucking their thumbs.

    16. bickering_fool on

      He should have have raped some kids instead, he would have been fine.

    18. A8Bit on

      Teacher about to get rich after suing for infringement of 1st amendment rights.

    20. InevitableGoal2912 on

      Arrested for clapping for their opposition. Imagine if he’d started booing the council.

      A bunch of thin skinned craven fucks run this country from our counties to our highest offices.

    21. zovered on

      After the board said that clapping and making noise was not acceptable, some of the audience started using ASL clapping, waving your hands in the air. The board said that waiving at them was distracting and was not acceptable either and would result in people getting kicked out. Like wtf.

    23. PyroDragons123 on

      Why are police being used to enforce decorum at a public meeting? That is the first problem.

    24. nvrmor on

      The article lists the teacher, his wife, and brother, but who are the arresting officers? Who are the ‚commissioners‘? The article goes out of it’s way to identify the victim but doesn’t list any other involved parties.

    25. SaintMorose on

      Watching a video on this it wasnt clear if they were clapping after someone spoke against the data centre or clapping because someone they knew had just stepped up for their turn speaking and they were trying to support them.

      It was just so innocuous that you just think what kind of contempt does that board have for the people they represent that noone was standing up to prevent the arrest from happening.

    26. DragonTHC on

      Police need a serious wake up call in this country. There is no legal way to trespass someone from a public meeting. And there’s no legal reason this person should have been arrested.

    27. ShockleToonies on

      History needs to hurry up and fast forward to the point where America has our Nuremberg trails.

    29. Dysc on

      *“We are citizens of this community. We have a right to do our constitutionally-protected activities, which is exactly what they’re violating at this time as well,” the community member said. “I think we’re all in a state of fear because of what this government’s doing to us.”*

      This is just a tiny municipality. At what point can we agree that elected leaders are no longer representing us at all levels of government and are clearly getting kick back?

    30. lactose_cow on

      That is free speech. That is him expressing himself in a non-disruptive way.

      America’s such a shit hole.

    31. ElPimpoBimbo on

      But, where were the good guys with guns so they could stand against tyranny?

    34. wolf_at_the_door1 on

      Our elected officials and the state apparatus protecting them are scared of us. They see us more as vassals to control rather than people to safeguard and defend. Part of this problem is that Citizens United has redirected the modus of control away from the will of the people to state and corporate interests.

    35. amazing-haves-34 on

      A lot of people are saying this is an easy lawsuit but I’m not sure it is. When you have a public meeting like this there are rules setup that you have to follow for it not to descend into chaos. Similar to a courtroom where you are not allowed to disrupt the proceedings, most likely this meeting had rules against outbursts if you are not the recognized speaker. Imagine if this person was PRO data centers and loudly stomping his feet when ANTI data center people were talking. Would the committee be violating their free speech rights by having them removed? Was what this person did comparable? Yes. Was it disruptive? Not from what I saw, but I can defend the committee upholding the letter of the rules so as not to be showing bias.

    36. abnormalbrain on

      Ignored by the story: The land those citizens are defending from data center development is ONE THOUSAND ACRES

    37. FredFredrickson on

      Almost just as shameful that a room full of adults watched this happen and did nothing to stop it.

    38. frmr000 on

      I always find it funny when Americans unironically think they live in the freest country in the world. Like bro this type of shit isn’t happening in other western countries. Delusional.

    40. lunar_adjacent on

      “Chief please remove the next person who claps, breathes wrong, or looks at me crazy.”

      Do these people forget that they were out in that office by the people in that community and it is honestly so easy to remove them and find new members? I hope the people of this town know they can remove the council members who signed NDA’s with these data centers and install new council members.

    41. lunar_adjacent on

      City council members are easy to remove and replace. City council members are easy to remove and replace. City council members are easy to remove and replace.

      Hoping if I keep repeating that city council members are easily removed and replaced, maybe it will stick. It’s your city people. You put them there, you can take them out.

    43. wooq on

      If non-disruptive applause isn’t covered under the 1st amendment I don’t think we have a country any more.

    44. Solomon_Grungy on

      Public officials around america are arresting citizens who protest the data centers. Seems like we all need to protest harder.

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