Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting
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News<br>Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting
Matthew Gault
Jul 27, 2026<br>at 6:56 PM
Police refused to release the arrest report, saying it could "could interfere with ongoing investigative efforts."
Image via Emporia County Commission.
Police arrested a high school physics teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last Wednesday. Teacher Lux Claridge went to a meeting of the Emporia, Kansas City Commission on July 22 with their spouse and brother. All three were there to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land in Emporia. They left the meeting in handcuffs, dragged out by police on the orders of a city commissioner.
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