The Utah County Planning Commission pushed through a widely unpopular data center ordinance Tuesday night — without allowing public comment — and the room erupted in a single word: “shame.”
People had filled the meeting in Provo to oppose the ordinance, which allows for an expansion of the permitted use of data centres in areas used for mining, grazing, and industry. The crowd stayed seated and calm, merely objecting to the vote since they had not been given the opportunity to speak on it.
Yet the deputies rushed in right away.
As can be seen in several videos that have been posted online, the officers surrounded the young woman, pulled her from her row and knocked her to the ground in the lobby. She then stated that she had a concussion, suffered severe bruising, and spent the night in the emergency room after having been released from jail.
Her offence was to say "shame" after the vote.
The deputy in question—Phil Crawford, as identified by the members of the community—has now become the centre of public outrage. There is an emergency rally planned for Thursday at which the residents are calling for his dismissal, arrest, and prosecution.
The fight over this issue is far from over; for months now residents of Utah County have been resisting plans to expand the data centres, on the grounds that they use up water, put a strain on the infrastructure, and give huge tax breaks to big technology companies while excluding the public from the process.
Protests concerning data centres are increasing across the nation. However, despite the growing amount of public opposition to them, the Epstein regime is still pushing for the construction of these facilities in the country.
