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'Are my teeth still in there?' Woman speaks out after being thrown to the ground, arrested during Utah County Commission meeting

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PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — A video has been circulating online depicting a woman being thrown to the ground and placed in handcuffs at the Utah County Commission meeting on Tuesday evening. The woman was arrested after allegedly disrupting a planning commission meeting about data centers in Utah County.

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