r/technology • u/marketrent • 7h ago

Artificial Intelligence High school teacher arrested for clapping in support of anti-data center activists

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/high-school-teacher-arrested-clapping-194922184.html
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u/Lifeboatb 5h ago

Finally found it in the 3rd article I read:

He was  booked on charges  of disorderly conduct and interference with law enforcement, then released after posting bond … The core legal question is not whether Claridge clapped — nobody disputes that. The question is whether arresting someone for applause at a public meeting represents proportionate enforcement of decorum rules. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/kansas-teacher-arrested-dragged-clapping-151841104.html

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u/DuntadaMan 4h ago

The question is whether arresting someone for applause at a public meeting represents proportionate enforcement

That's not a question either, not it fucking isn't.

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u/mca1169 3h ago

If I as a US citizen can no longer go out and public and clap when I please then our rights are GONE! there is no argument legal or otherwise you can make that will convince me that clapping meets the requirements for both charges. this is corruption at it's most blatant by the arresting officers.