For the second consecutive evening, Lawrence police officers arrested a Lawrence man during a public meeting at City Hall after he made an outburst and disobeyed orders from police officers.

Mark Cline was handcuffed and carried out by his arms and legs from the City Commission meeting Tuesday night after he began making accusatory comments related to the Salvation Army. Cline – who previously has identified himself as homeless – has long accused the Salvation Army of being a homophobic organization, which it has denied.

When Cline began making those accusations during a public hearing regarding a site plan for a new Salvation Army shelter in East Lawrence, Mayor Mike Amyx asked him to stop or direct his comments to the site plan. Cline refused, and Amyx recessed the meeting. Cline continued speaking after commissioners left the room. He eventually went back to his seat, where two Lawrence police officers who were at the meeting asked him to leave the premises. He refused and then jumped over the front row of seats in the gallery. Officers then grabbed him, put him face down on the floor and handcuffed him.

Cline was arrested in a similar fashion Monday evening during a Traffic Safety Commission meeting regarding a cell phone ban. On Monday, he had an outburst while another individual was speaking and began to move toward her in an aggressive manner.