Altercation disrupts Colorado Springs data center public meeting

The Project Taurus data center meeting ground to a stunned halt after an audience member was hit with a stun gun and escorted from the building by Colorado Springs police officers Thursday. The man who got into a fight with the police officers had attempted to get between them and a woman holding a portable megaphone. The woman had signed up to give comment but when her turn in the order was skipped, she returned to the mic to ask for another time. Council staff refused to go backwards to previous places in the list, leading to a shower of boos from the audience and a break called by Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson. It was during the meeting that security approached her to be removed and the altercation began. The woman was not removed from the auditorium. The identity of the man who was hit with the stun gun and removed has not been confirmed at this time. The public hearing resumed at 4 p.m. The first people who spoke against the data center after the pause were brothers in elementary and middle school. (Courtesy of @HelpHowDoILand on X) Find The Gazette's live blog of the meeting here: https://gazette.com/live-blog/garden-of-the-gods-data-center-live-updates/ #viral #famousshorts #news