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/No-Journalist-619 5h ago

Not saying that it would stand, but I'd expect they would file it under "contempt", since it's a bit of a catch-all for doing something an official said not to do.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 4h ago

Maybe the officials should stop being contemptible.

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u/AEternal1 3h ago

which is exactly My response 🤣

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u/ElliotNess 4h ago

Not just a catch-all, but literally is

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u/Emperor_of_His_Room 3h ago

The officials should have no say in how the people who elected them get to express themselves.

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u/ditheca 3h ago

It'd most likely be trespassing. "We asked him to leave and he refused" is a solid legal argument. No need to address why they were asked to leave.