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Farmer Arrested for Speaking Too Long at Datacenter Town Hall Vows to Fight

heyitsmedotjayb: rules are rules

wat10000: He was not arrested for speaking too long. He was arrested for trespassing after being asked to leave. This occurred after speaking too long, but the speaking too long is not the reason for the arrest.

LightBug1: LOL. Did you write that with a straight face?

RIMR: Look, the article is right there, and what it says doesn't match what you're saying. Sure, they arrested him for "trespassing", but their definition of trespassing was going over his allotted time by a matter of seconds.They did not ask him to leave, and he refused. They counted down the seconds he had the floor, and ordered his arrest the moment he went over the allotted time.I don't know if you've ever been to a Town Hall before, but this is absolutely ridiculous. When you go over your time, you can either ask for more time or be told that you are done.You shouldn't be arrested unless you intentionally refuse to conclude your time, or if you create a disruption. He did neither.They arrested him because they didn't like what he had to say, and they want to send a harsh message to anyone else who dares speak out against Datacenters.This is an egregious violation of First Amendment rights.

IncreasePosts: You're taking the article as gospel. Is there any video for the lead up to the arrest?There was a reddit post with this video, and the poster claimed that he refused to leave the podium after his time was up. Not saying that is true, but it sounds different than "spoke a few seconds too long"https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscurePatentDangers/comments/1shsu...

happytoexplain: Why "gospel"? Why not "at face value"? What is the purpose of portraying a perfectly normal interpretation as irrational? There's nothing wrong with assuming a writeup is factually true until proven otherwise. We couldn't even speak to each other if that weren't the case.

lostmsu: [delayed]