Student asks Kerry some tough questions, gets tazed by pigs

[jwreck]

Originally Posted by GROFF200

It doesn't matter what he said. We're supposed to have free speech in this country. You shouldn't be assaulted for talking too long or too loudly.
Being an obscene ******* does not require law enforcement intervention.
If this subservience to authority I see now existed 250 years ago we would still be a British colony you realize.

he wasn't tazed for what he said.

[jwreck]

is it just me, or has this story suddenly vanished in the news?

[enkahootz]

nope. still all over the place. and there's another 'tazer story' too. I was watching CNN headline news this morn and they showed a clip from glen beck's show last night and I have to say I agree with everything he said, in this case. so instead of typing up what I have to say and being ignored like jwreck, I'm just gonna lift it. (much less effort.) thanks.

excluding guy's initial confronataion with the cops:

During the question and answer period, he went off on a long, convoluted rant about why Kerry conceded the 2004 election and then proceeded to accuse Kerry of not trying to impeach President Bush because they`re both members of the Yale Skull and Bones secret society, you know?
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In my opinion, I don`t see Meyer as a victim of an overly aggressively law enforcement agency. Looks as though this guy wanted to get tasered.

And don`t we live in a world of cell phone cameras and everything else, but there seemed to be more cameras on this guy than we use to tape this national show.

Bottom line, I think Meyer was grandstanding, looking for publicity. What better way in this YouTube culture than to star in your own video? Shocking, isn`t it?

I`ve got to tell you something: I am so sick of hearing of student`s rights. When are we going to start talking about the responsibility that these people have? And you know what, if he didn`t want to get tasered, I certainly would have put the idea in security`s head by repeatedly screaming, "Don`t taser me, no."

Andrew Meyer, you got your 15 minutes of fame. Sit down. Shut the pie hole.

This guy is a known prankster complete with his own website showcasing that fact. This was all about the attention...

[veracity00]

The student was overly assertive, did not follow the rules (he was hogging the mic), and also appeared to have resisted the police, but that doesn't mean that he deserved to be tasered. Those things have been linked to deaths.

[enkahootz]

I'll take being tazed over a nightstick or a loaded spring to the forehead anyday...

the kid was a punk and a puss. he wanted it, and he got it.

he resisted the cops... all he had to do was walk out when the ask him to leave one of the first six times.

[optimus]

2 officers have been placed on paid administrative leave.

Andrew Meyer was told he was charged with "Inciting a riot."

Then the charges ended up being different, something along the lines of disrupting an event or something.

[veracity00]

Originally Posted by optimus

I just had a vision of the future, where cops are at every supermarket tazing people for taking too long, at every gas station tazing people for holding up lines, and tazing people at malls for walking too slow.

I can't wait for the future.

LoL. It seemed like they gave him an extra zap for good measure.

[veracity00]

Originally Posted by enkahootz

I'll take being tazed over a nightstick or a loaded spring to the forehead anyday...

the kid was a punk and a puss. he wanted it, and he got it.

he resisted the cops... all he had to do was walk out when the ask him to leave one of the first six times.

"Don't taze me bro!" He wanted no parts of that taser, and I don't blame him.

[BadNews88]

Originally Posted by Kraw

that was pretty funny.

Y'know, it was almost like it was a well-rehearsed comedy routine....

Kinda like some gig on The DAILY SHOW, or something like that..




I mean it..





"OW! OW! OW!"

Originally Posted by Zordar

If he had asked his questions whithout 1.) being an ass, 2.) going over his allotted time, 3.) and flipping out when he's not allowed to continue, I might have a little more sympathy for the guy.

However, I am of the opinion that it was orchestrated, planned, and rehearsed for the sake of making his own light to shine..

Originally Posted by Java man

He should be charged with being an attention wh0re.

He's been, ah, renowned, for other incidents of clowning and practical jokstering (LInk Courtesy The CELEBRITY CAFE)........

Originally Posted by Celebrity Cafe News Article

The student also runs a shock-joke website, and it is unclear whether or not this was simply meant to be another shock and awe vidfeo bite for his viewers or a geniune impassioned desire to talk to Senator John Kerry.

I'm not a betting man...but if I *were*....I'd daresay I'd wager on the former, as opposed to the latter....

Originally Posted by optimus

I just had a vision of the future, where cops are at every supermarket for tazing people for taking too long....

Not forgetting taking 11 items to the "10 items or less" line..




The Retired Badge # 88 (C.P.D.) has SPOKEN!!!!!!

[Truth Teller]

Originally Posted by Java_man

He should be charged with being an attention wh0re

Some people here would give him the chair for that.

Originally Posted by jwreck

i agree. that's why you shouldn't commit a misdemeanor that could get you killed.

WTF?

Originally Posted by Dr.Doom

I am a conspiracy theorist. Maybe they messed the kid up so nothing would of been said of the skull and bones. I also believe in the illumianti and freemasons. Im not saying its a definite but in this world it wouldn't suprise me.

[Truth Teller]

Originally Posted by 86Dude

The biggest part I have a problem with is why he was dragged off in the first place. Was that really necessary? Do we really need 5 cops standing around behind us when we speak publicly to our elected officials? My underlying point is that law enforcment in this country is getting a little bit out of control, or perhaps a lot out of control depending on the way you look at it.

Originally Posted by 86Dude

He was in a public place. As long as he wasn't being disorderly or obscene I can find no legal reason to have dragged him away. Furthermore, if there were rules to the speaking venue then they weren't in the cops jurisdiction to enforce. It's akin to arresting a pupil for not doing their homework.

Total agreement.

Originally Posted by veracity00

The student was overly assertive, did not follow the rules (he was hogging the mic), and also appeared to have resisted the police, but that doesn't mean that he deserved to be tasered. Those things have been linked to deaths.

Originally Posted by veracity00

He wanted no parts of that taser, and I don't blame him.

Total agreement.

[TheLateGreat]

Originally Posted by veracity00

The student was overly assertive, did not follow the rules (he was hogging the mic), and also appeared to have resisted the police, but that doesn't mean that he deserved to be tasered. Those things have been linked to deaths.

So has breathing oxygen.

[86Dude]

I what Jwreck says is true then fine, maybe he's playing us all and the cops were in their right. If not then what he previously said stands.

Anyway, if that had been myself up there I'd have been in jail period, because I just wasn't built to bend over to cops and respect authority when authority deserves no respect.

[Dr.Doom]

My sister personally knew the kid and was there she knew what went on. They did use excessive force it doesnt take 6 police and a tazer to hold someone down. If it does they are pu*sy police officers.

[Red]

"Don't taze me bro!"

hilarious.


that kid was looking to make a scene, nothing more. he deserved an ass beating.

[Geoffrey]

Originally Posted by Dr.Doom

My sister personally knew the kid and was there she knew what went on. They did use excessive force it doesnt take 6 police and a tazer to hold someone down. If it does they are pu*sy police officers.

so, you sister saw something diff then the multiple videos online showed? even the ones that show several minutes before and after?

[Pappy&Me]

I must have seen a different video , the one I saw he spoke 20 seconds before this arm reached out and interupted him, which made him angry .

if you want to see a real loud maddog speak, watch Hillery or kerrys spaced out wife . Yet the ones they ' SERVE can't get emotional .

Maybe if some of you go to speak somewhere about something important to you, you will get interupted before you can even get started good ,then the hell shocked out of you , hope it is recorded !

[Shadoglare]

The dude was being a complete jackass, and I have no problem with him being removed. Excessive force? Maybe, maybe not. If he was resisting, which I believe he was, honestly one well-trained cop should have been able to take him down - however I don't believe these security folks fall into that category. I haven't gone out to find verification but I've also heard that the security crew also reported that the guy only freaked out as long as there were cameras running - as soon as he was out of view of the cameras, he calmed down, and actually asked if there were going to be any more cameras at the police station. ie... publicity stunt.

[I don't know]

So he may have been going over his time, beeing an attention whore, a drama queen and incredibly annoying - he might even have been trying to provoke the security to do what they did. Those are all good justifications for firmly telling him to end his question and then cutting his microphone.

Leading him away in handcuffs, however.... I don't think that's appropriate.

Whether or not he deserved it is another matter, though - and I think that's a very important thing to remember in cases like this. The law isn't about "giving people what they deserve", it's about preserving and protecting their rights.

[KruSader]

Originally Posted by Corporate Avenger

He asked some tough questions and the cops grabbed him, they shouldn't have laid a hand on him, why did they grab him? Why couldn't they let him finish? Kerry was about to answer his questions, sometimes you have to stand up to jackboots, make them know that not all of us will go down without a fight.

Anytime that the radical left gets tasered is fine by me. Just wish that they would have tasered that rat bastard Kerry too.