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LAS CRUCES 鈥� Public reaction was swift after a contentious meeting of the Do帽a Ana County commissioners boiled over Tuesday. The live stream of the meeting was suspended as a mix of law enforcement officers and private security scuffled with local activists, and a woman was knocked to the ground twice.

Video footage circulated quickly online. U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., posted a clip on social media with a message calling the interaction 鈥渦nacceptable.鈥�

It unfolded in a packed meeting room where supporters and opponents of Project Jupiter, the hyperscale data center under construction in Santa Teresa, traded speeches during the public comment period and engaged in heckling, cheering and booing across the room while County Chairman Manny Sanchez banged his gavel and asked for certain individuals to be removed 鈥� all data center opponents 鈥� for heckling and bickering with other attendees.

鈥淎t the end of the day, all I was asking was for some respect, for people to be able to speak,鈥� Sanchez told the Journal on Wednesday.

Two local officials said the incident crossed a line.

鈥淚 have been on the other hand of harsh public accountability, sometimes reasonable and sometimes not,鈥� Las Cruces City Councilor Johana Bencomo wrote on Instagram. 鈥淚 understand firsthand what it鈥檚 like to be on the receiving end and I would never advocate for weaponizing our police department to silence people.鈥�

Bencomo told the Journal she viewed the incident both as a community organizer who has trained people in nonviolent protest, and as an elected official who has herself faced threats from constituents angered by her positions.

鈥淲e are seeing, especially from the young folks, a level of frustration so high that they don鈥檛 feel heard; they feel like things are shady,鈥� she said.

State Rep. Angelica Rubio, a Las Cruces Democrat, said footage of the incident was 鈥渄isturbing鈥� and demonstrated a pattern that began when the project was announced to the public last August.

鈥淧ublic comment was suppressed and force was used against community members who showed up to participate,鈥� Rubio said in a written statement.

Rubio is among a group of lawmakers who have promised to introduce a statewide moratorium on data center development when the state Legislature convenes in January.

In an interview, Rubio said the county appears to be 鈥渕ore concerned with civility than they are with the idea that the community has just not had an opportunity to say what it needs to say and learn about what's actually going to go down.鈥�

The data center is being built for use by Oracle and OpenAI, and controversy over the uses of its technology has merged with local concerns about the data center鈥檚 environmental impacts.

Some commenters online expressed frustration with data center protesters and approved of Sanchez鈥檚 efforts to impose order.

鈥淭hese agitators have been pulling these antics and removing the opportunity of citizens to listen and share their concerns with decorum,鈥� Juan Garcia, who chairs the local group Coalition of Conservatives in Action, wrote on Facebook.

Earlier this month, the county changed its rules for public comment by requiring commenters to sign up. Sanchez said the policy, similar to that of the Las Cruces Public Schools, aims to keep public comment to about an hour so that other agenda items can be addressed. In recent months, commissioners鈥� meetings have run for eight hours or more.

But opponents wishing to speak against the data center suspect the changing rules 鈥� including a prohibition against sharing recorded messages from county residents who can鈥檛 attend meetings 鈥� has to do with limiting opponents鈥� input.

Annie Ersinghaus, who regularly attends the meetings and speaks against Project Jupiter, said, 鈥淲e鈥檝e been calling for transparency and their response has been more rules. It鈥檚 doing the opposite of what they want. They want to calm us down and all we鈥檙e asking for is the opportunity to speak.鈥�

Yet Sanchez argued a subset of opponents were being provocative on behalf of a social media audience via clips from the meeting鈥檚 live stream or filmed confrontations.

鈥淭his is their playbook. They try to get you in a gotcha moment,鈥� he said.

Sanchez called a recess to the meeting after he concluded public comments and people throughout the room erupted in anger, chanting, 鈥淟et us speak!鈥�

A deputy approached Kiki Garden, who stood with a sign yelling at commissioners. Other opponents gathered around Garden, including Abegail Salugsugan. In video captured by the Journal, the deputy was seen attempting to remove Garden as others intervened. Salugsugan fell to the floor during the melee and got back on her feet as a Security Concepts employee entered the fray, knocking Salugsugan to the ground a second time.

Layers of policing at meeting

There were layers of public and private security present as the meeting unfolded with every seat occupied. People stood alongside the walls and back of the room or spilled out in the main lobby, where the meeting could be viewed on video monitors.

Do帽a Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart and deputies were present along with armed Security Concepts staff; additionally, Oracle executive Mahesh Thiagarajan brought his own security team, who wore suits and stood in positions on both sides of the room as Thiagarajan made his presentation. It was not clear whether his security detail was armed: Oracle did not respond to a query from the Journal.

Three data center opponents were arrested during the meeting on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and/or resisting or obstructing officers.

Salugsugan, 26, was taken into custody as she lay on the ground bleeding from a cut over her eye, along with Garden, 33, and Orin Parnell, 50. Parnell had been removed earlier after repeated heckling. All pleaded not guilty and were released on their own recognizance Wednesday morning after appearing before county Magistrate Judge Linda Flores.

It was not clear what policies were in place at the county about Security Concepts鈥� personnel鈥檚 authority or uses of force. Stewart referred queries about security to county staff. Neither the county nor Security Concepts responded to the Journal鈥檚 queries.

Sanchez said he wasn鈥檛 clear a written policy existed, but that he had been advised the company鈥檚 security guards 鈥渁re not to physically handle residents or the public.鈥�

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.