Darren Blanchard, a farmer from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested during a Claremont City Council town hall meeting to discuss a proposed Claremore Data Center Project called Project Mustang. The organizers established a three-minute limit for each speaker, and Mr. Blanchard went over time by less than a minute. As per a video recording of the session, City Manager John Feary told Blanchard that he had exceeded his time limit around 15 seconds after the time expired. Blanchard continued speaking. About 30 seconds later, two police officers approached him after someone said, “Please, take care of it.” He then went towards the front of the meeting place, apparently to hand copies of his speech to the counselors, but was soon arrested by officers.
