[janice1999]

> ABC4’s crew was also issued a trespassing notice.

The class system in the US has never been more on display with the datacenter build outs. A senator who attacks a journalist gets them threatened by the police. Town halls to listen to local "concerns" are charades where they look for any excuse to arrest anyone who voices opposition [1].

[1] https://www.newson6.com/tulsa-oklahoma-news/arrest-made-duri...

[HumblyTossed]

>>> Claremore police arrested Darren Blanchard for trespassing during the meeting after officers said he refused to follow the rules after going over his allotted time to speak. Police escorted the man out of the meeting and booked him into the Rogers County Jail.

There's something very very wrong with that.

[Freedom2]

I'm just glad that this can never happen in America thanks to our constitution!

[stvltvs]

It often seems that police officers' most sacred duty is to protect the property rights of the wealthy.

[pocksuppet]

It seems like it is, because it is.

[LocalH]

ACAB is real, because good cops either quit or they fight the system from within and receive abuse, and then they quit (or die)

[tragiclos]

On the other hand, even if the town council takes concerns seriously and denies permission to build, the companies doing the building will just sue and build them anyways[1].

[1] https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/ai-data-center-michigan-salin...

[ryandrake]

It's almost as if constituents are treated like cattle and it doesn't ultimately matter what they want.

I guess this is what they mean when they say they want to "run government like a business:" They mean run government to enrich themselves and be totally unaccountable to the public.