'Arrest Him!' The Moment Police Handcuffed A Farmer For Going 5 Seconds Over His Time Limit at Data Center Meeting
Claremore man arrested for exceeding a 3-minute public comment limit at a city council meeting over a 300-acre data center proposal — and it's all on bodycam.
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A reminder that police have discretion for enforcement. They can choose not to arrest you for something obviously ridiculous, like going 5 seconds over time, regardless of what the city council says.
Even just checking for clarification first, "You really want me to arrest him for going 5 seconds over time? Seriously?". Pointing out how ridiculous that request is publicly at the time would probably have been enough to defuse the situation.
Instead they're almost surely going to be dealing with a first amendment lawsuit, as they should. The payment of which should come from their salaries even though we know it won't.
lol fuck you Oklahoma voters. you get exactly what you get.
Did you see the prices of eggs? The kids using litter boxes in school? The eating of cats and dogs? Also why would hunter biden's laptop this? /s
I don't think that guy is one that voted for fascism but who knows
Land of the free
Kill the checks notes city council?
I think we should randomly sacrifice a politician every week until morale improves.
I think there's a word here that could be changed to vastly improve things.
This kind of shit isn't helping tech bros
The willing collaboration of state and corporate power to crush even polite dissent?
Can't imagine why they'd think it would.