On May 6, during my remarks in favor of a shareholder proposal at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, my microphone was cut and I was arrested. The charge? Criminal trespass – even though I had meeting credentials, my name was on the agenda, and my organization’s resolution for an independent Chairman was in the proxy. As far as I know, the arrest of a shareholder during a proposal presentation had never before occurred at the annual meeting of a public company in the United States.
The charge was dropped two weeks later.
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