UF student gets tasered at John Kerrys speech while asking a question

[mzkhadir]

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[krunchykrome]

I saw the video this morning. That jerk deserved to be tased sooner.

 

[FoBoT]

yeah, that was funny

 

[Vette73]

Theres a thread in P/N already.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2097440&enterthread=y

 

[Capt Caveman]

Deserved it.

 

[waggy]

damn right he deserved it.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

was his question answered?

 

[mh47g]

Shocking.

 

[clamum]

He went in there with police officers in tow, went over his alloted time, and when they tried to remove him he started yelling and resisting the whole time. They probably got fed up with his dumb ass and tasered him. I don't see anything wrong here; the guy was a fscking moron.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I dunno. Debates in this country are not debates. They are rigged and pussified.

Democracy in this setting is suppose to be in-your-face and loud...just not violent.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
was his question answered?

yes, with a tazer.

 

[Cfour]

deserved it.

 

[Queasy]

Eyewitness report that explains more than what we saw on the YouTube videos.

So I went to the John Kerry town hall forum this morning trying to get students registered to vote. I run a student government organization called Chomp the Vote. Anyway I went inside to watch the event. Senator Kerry took the podium and began delivering a speech about the Middle East, Iraq, dimplomacy, etc. Anyway, after he was done, a university ambassador asked Kerry a few premade questions. Once that was over, Senator Kerry announced he would take questions from the students. There were two
microphones placed on each side of the aisle. One on my side and the other on Andrew Meyer?s side. Senator Kerry began answering the student?s questions from each aisle. Eventually it was announced that there would only be a few more questions answered. Since Meyer and I were both in the back of each line, it did not seem likely that our questions would be answered.

However, while Senator Kerry was responding to a student?s question, all of a sudden Meyer rushed to the microphone with cops in pursuit. At that point no one knew what was going on. Could he have a gun, a bomb? Immediately, Meyer began yelling into the microphone that he had been waiting in line forever and that Senator Kerry should ?spend time to answer everyone?s questions!? Senator Kerry tried to calm the student down by telling him that he would ?stay here as long as it takes to get the questions answered.? The police approached Meyer who began taunting them by saying ?what! are you going to taser me? are you going to arrest me?!? The police grabbed Meyer, but Senator Kerry asked the
police to let him go and that he would answer his question. Senator Kerry finished answering the other student?s question and then proceeded with Meyer. (*This entire scene is not in any video I can find so far. This is why 2 cops are seen right behind Meyer at the start of some videos*).

Meyer approached the microphone and began to talk about a book he had which stated that Kerry won the 2004 election because of disenfranchisement of black voters and faulty voter machines that produced ?Bush? as the winner. He then posed another question about why President Bush had not been impeached. ?President Clinton was impeached because of a blowjob, why not Bush??. The third and strangest question he posed to Senator Kerry was asking him if he was part of the skull and bones society with Bush at
Yale. Meyer?s mic cut off after that, probably because he had mentioned the word ?blowjob?. The cops grabbed him, but Meyer was able to get away several times. Eventually more cops were brought in to help subdue Meyer. Meyer continued to resist arrest, scream, curse; however he was enventually subdued by about six cops up around the entrance. As he is on the ground, he is told several times to put his hands around his back. He is also warned that he will be tasered if he does not comply. Eventually he is tasered twice. The video does not show whether he complied or not.

Senator Kerry was trying to answer his question to the audience, mostly the one about faulty voter machines. I am a die hard conservative Republican but I do respect Senator Kerry for trying to soothe the situation as best he could and trying not to escalate the situation. He DID intervene by letting the student at least present his question. I never received an opportunity to ask my question, but when Senator Kerry ended the show after the Meyer incident, he did come off stage to shake hands and give autographs. At that point, I was able to ask him my question, shake his hand, and get a autograph at the same time. Now why couldn?t Andrew Meyer do that?

I don?t know if this is relevant or not, but Andrew Meyer is a former sports writer for the school newspaper The Alligator. In his columns, he has been known to make ridiculous statements in order to gain attention for himself. Was today a publicity stunt?

So basically, he went in there, rushed the microphone, and acted like an ass. Sounds like he got what he was asking for.

 

[waggy]

they just said on Fox that the police are going ot be investigated for this! and the kid is thinking about suing. WTF!? the cops did a good job. the kid was resisting and wouldn't leave when asked.

 

[mayonnaise]

I like how the someone yelled "Rodney King" at the end of one of the video's.

 

[j00fek]

:Q :Q

dont ask about the 2004 elections!

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: j00fek
:Q :Q

dont ask about the 2004 elections!

or don't sit on the microphone over the time you are allowed? or how about leaving when asked so someone else gets to aska question? or how about not resisting arrest?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

did Kerry admit that him and bush were fraternity brothers?

 

[rivan]

Cliffs:

"You will be tased if you do not comply."
*resist*
"You will be tased if you do not comply."
*resist*
"You will be tased if you do not comply."
*resist*
*tase*

"WAH! What did I do? What did I do? What did I do?"

 

[waggy]

holly shit. i can't believe people on the news are saying the kid didnt do anything wrong and should sue.

 

[Cogman]

I don't think they should have tasered him when they did. They had him restrained with 5 cops around him, if you can't handle a suspect with that much man power then you are just pathetic. The taser was an after the fact thing to punish the kid for being belligerent, it is not the cops duties to punish and put out judgment.

Honestly, if the cops had hit him with the taser earlier, I would not have a problem. But this was like kicking a restrained man.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

god that jackass deserved it. end of story. i hope the court makes a mockery of him if he sues and makes him pay for all the legal fees.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Cogman
I don't think they should have tasered him when they did. They had him restrained with 5 cops around him, if you can't handle a suspect with that much man power then you are just pathetic. The taser was an after the fact thing to punish the kid for being belligerent, it is not the cops duties to punish and put out judgment.

Honestly, if the cops had hit him with the taser earlier, I would not have a problem. But this was like kicking a restrained man.

he was fighting them and refusing to corporate.

tazering was fine. they gave him plenty of chances but he refused.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: mh47g
Shocking.

:thumbsup:

edit: LOL... everyone says "he deserved it!!!!!111" until it happens to them... then there would be a whine thread of epic proportions and OMG I WILL SUE!!! :heart: ATOT

 

[Cuda1447]

How the fuck did he deserve to be tasered after he was already handcuffed and restrained? He was asking what he did to be arrested and was a bit restless, but tasered? WTF are you people thinking? No reason to taser him there.