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- Hacker News
- What a disingenuous title. All people were asked to refrain from clapping, this teacher refused to comply, was asked to leave by the police, then refused to leave and made them drag him out. Then he was subsequently changed with disorderly conduct.
I'm not saying you have to agree with the actions taken here. It's fine to argue that they were illegitimate. But summarizing that series of events as "teacher arrested for clapping in opposition" is so misleading that it is almost an outright lie. The situation is more complex than that, nor was it the case (as the headline implies) that this teacher was arrested due to opposing the data center measure.
by bigstrat2003 - It's not disingenuous. Clapping politely is Constitutionally protected free speech.
Rule of law on violating an unlawful request in a situation like this one is not complex. It's the same as when an officer asks you to stop filming.
by redbluered - What you describe is a teacher getting arrested for clapping. Yes, they got arrested after being asked not to clap. But they were arrested for clapping. The clapping was characterized as disorderly conduct. But they were arrested for clapping. Clapping, five times, in polite agreement with a speaker at a town hall.
Notably, the crowd was told not to clap during people's speech; the teacher clapped after a speech ended.
There is no lie. The crowd was upset and voicing their displeasure. The police responded to protected speech, at a venue intended for public commentary, by forceful removal. If that isn't an arrest due to opposing the government's proposal, I don't know what is.
by boothby - Clickbait articleby nxm
- Propaganda* articleby thegrim33
- And there are still USans saying China or Russia is authoritarian state. LOL
What do you call a country where you can't even clap for the previous speaker?
by Markoff - Land of the free....by juliusceasar
- Fascinating to watch America destroy itself bit by bit in submission to fear over a new, poorly understood technology. The ripple effects of this will be unreal to watch.by rglover
- It’s a lot more fun when you don’t live on the same planet. Oh wait.by rbanffy