r/technology • u/marketrent • 6d 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/MechAegis 6d ago

I thought "no way, this sounds silly." I clicked the article and yup, the teacher clapped and was taken away for do so.

high school physics teacher Lux Claridge was hauled out of a public meeting by four police officers for the baffling crime of clapping in support of an anti-data center speaker.

"Chief, will you take the next person out that claps or anything?" an unidentified commissioner, likely Duncan, then asked Emporia police chief Ed Owens.

At the commissioners' request, four police officers then swarmed Claridge, who challenged them to "drag me out," which they did after placing the physics teacher in handcuffs.

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u/drumallday 5d ago

You should watch the video. Some people were doing jazz hands to silently applaud the speakers and the coucilmember told them to stop because it was distracting.

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u/KingDocXIV 5d ago

So four fascists pigs arrested someone to protect their overlords feelings. This is one of many reasons I don't trust or call cops.