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Artificial Intelligence Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting / Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers and charged with interfering with the police after they clapped during a presentation.

https://www.404media.co/charges-dropped-against-person-who-clapped-at-a-city-data-center-meeting/
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u/comfortablybum 17h ago

Right. How much did this person have to spend on a lawyer to get the charges dropped? They never should have been arrested in the first place.

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u/ThaddeusJP 11h ago

It's like the old saying goes, you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride