Kansas Man Arrested After Clapping at Data Center Hearing
Police said Lux Claridge was arrested after continuing to clap despite warnings, and the city later approved the 1,000-acre data center project 5-0.
- Last week, Emporia High School physics teacher Lux Claridge was arrested at a Lyon County, Kansas, meeting after clapping in support of speakers opposing the proposed 1,000-acre Flint Hills Digital Campus data center.
- The Emporia City Commission meeting focused on zoning changes for the facility, where officials warned attendees that 'clapping' and 'snapping' would be considered disruptive behavior subject to removal.
- After ignoring a final warning, the 37-year-old teacher told officers to 'drag me out,' leading four badged personnel to carry him from the room to a police Dodge Charger.
- Claridge, charged with interference with law enforcement, told KWCH he remains undeterred, saying 'It's not really deterring me from speaking out or I guess, clapping.'
- The First Amendment Coalition argues that officials cannot label harmless applause as a breach of decorum, stressing that 'actual disruption means actual disruption' when determining if removal is legally justified.
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'Drag me out': A Kansas teacher was carried out of a public meeting by several officers after refusing to stop clapping
A Kansas physics teacher was hauled out of a city commission meeting in handcuffs after refusing to stop clapping, in a case that has drawn national attention to how far local governments can go in policing audience behavior. According to the New York Post, Lux Claridge, 37, was removed from the Emporia City Commission meeting on July 22 after applauding residents who spoke out against the Flint Hills Digital Campus, a proposed 1,000-acre, gigaw…
In a controversial incident in Emporia, Kansas, a high school teacher was arrested for applauding a speaker who opposed a data center. This event highlights issues of free speech at public gatherings. The arrest of the high school teacher for applauding anti-data center activists raises questions. If you are among the millions of Americans who oppose energy-intensive data centers in your town, you may want to be cautious about exercising your Fi…
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njKansas teacher arrested for clapping during public meeting: ‘A state of fear’
A Kansas teacher has been arrested for clapping during a public meeting on a proposed data center.KWCH reports Lux Claridge, a 37-year-old physics teacher at Emporia High School, was arrested at an Emporia City Commission meeting on Wednesday, July 22. Video shows Claridge clapping in support of people who spoke against zoning changes for the proposed Flint Hills Digital Campus project, then being handcuffed and removed.
Teacher Arrested for Clapping at Data Centre Meeting in US
A physics teacher was arrested for clapping a speaker who criticised a planned data centre at a public meeting in the US last week. Lux Claridge was dragged away by police at the meeting in Emporia, Kansas, prompting a plea of “please don’t hurt them” from the resident who had been speaking. Attendees at the meeting had been warned to avoid “snapping, clapping” and “rude comments” by mayor Becky Smith, but Claridge insisted he had a right to ap…
Kansas Teacher Lux Claridge Arrested After Clapping at City Meeting on Proposed Data Center - Internewscast Journal
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Kansas high school teacher dragged out, arrested for clapping at city meeting over proposed data center
A Kansas high school teacher was arrested and dragged out of a contentious city zoning meeting for continuously clapping in opposition to a proposed data center.
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