Police Taser Florida Student Andrew Meyer At John Kerry Event

All I know is this t-shirt is hilarious: "Don't Taze ME Bro" T-shirt...haha, thats great: http://www.cafepress.com/dabesttshirts/3768217

Freedom of speech? Obviuosly not....
That Kerry Just stood there and didnt intervene...yeah what a candidate for president you got there? Being Tazed????? What is that all about? He was handcuffed already when they tazed him and on his stomach, so he couldnt rally of been a threat....maybe verbaly but defintely not physically...also the first cop started dragging him solo out of the room and all of a sudden they needed 4 cops to hold him down???? At least drag him 3 feet further and dont do whatever u wanna do in fromt of people and cameras! The officers that were put on paid leave till the investigation is strange too. Hopefully this kid will at least sue their pants off and maybe a grand idea would be to sure Kerry for standing by and not acting during violence! I am sure there is a law about that somewhere.

Hey, listen.....
the quiet you hear, is our rights being stepped on
in the dead of night.

As for Kerry, if he can't step down off a stage to defend an innocent student, then how can he be expected to run this country as President. Kerry blew it.

Maybe the next time you're upset about something, you should get tasered. Some of you act like you've never made an outburst before. "Oh he had it coming," they say. Right. So the next time you're upset and want to be heard, just remember that you'll have it coming, too. Oh and take the tasers from cops. Apparently it is too much power for many of them. How many times do I have to hear about someone being tasered needlessly? Perhaps less than lethal wasn't the best idea, because it seems like some cops are just waiting for any excuse to pull the trigger.

What if you had a question for Senator Kerry and this blowhard wouldnt move? What if you were next and he was taking your time? He was asked politely to move and then was pushed awaty by police. At that time he chose to resist.
I would want him thrown out or arrested too, because he asked three questions and they were all answered but refused to leave and allow others their turn.
He's a prick who got what he deserved. I should be tased too if I resisted the police like he did.

I believe when Kerry said he'd answer the question they should have left the kid alone. Not to say that he didn't need some sort of reprimand, he did go over his allotted time, perhaps banning him from the next such event. But the taser was too much. I believe that the taser does have it's place in police work, but do worry about the frequency of which I'm hearing stories of it's abuse. I hope that the matter is cleared up quickly because this is certainly the sort of event that gets young people (and I'm 24 so I'm having to listen to my friends talk about this) up in arms about their rights.

Let's face it... as an American citizen in the United States at an open and public forum, he was a member of the press. He was exercising his First Amendment right to free speech and freedom of the press. It is a shame, however, that he had to react the way he did. Had he informed the security guards that they were hindering his First Amendment rights, they might have backed off a little bit. Unfortunately, he went about it the wrong way. What I cannot stand about this video is the students in the background; not one of them went to help their fellow man when a blatant act of police brutality and Constitutional degradation. Had I been there, I would have offered a citizen's arrest on the police. This entire situation could have been avoided if that millionaire of a liberal had just answered his question. Keep in mind, kids... it's not all about left wing vs right wing; it's the rich vs the poor. And guess which one YOU are?

He got exactly what he deserved.

I viewed the video of the incident and the police acted very professionally and responsibly during the incident. I also see the history that Meyer has with his pranks and thinking that anytime he is on camera is an opportunity to be funny and post it on youtube. At the incident, a normal person would have left the microphone after the time alotted and after the microphone was shut off. Meyer instead, continues to ramble on refusing to give the next student the opportunity to participate in the forum. At this point, he had the choice to leave when asked, or to be forced away from the microphone. He chose to be forced away from the microphone. These forums have rules and order like the rest of society. He did not follow the rules. No one cares that his question was likeable or not likeable, he did not follow the rules. The officers began forcing him away from the microphone because he would not walk away on his own. At that point, he was under arrest for disturbing the peace. Mr. Meyer is seen flailing his arms around to get away from the officers. Anytime officers tell someone to put their hands behind their back, or stop resisting, anything they do that is the opposite is called "resisting arrest." He only has to stiffen his arms or refuse to put his hands behind his back to resist. He went over and above that and was flailing his arms and I saw him push one officer away from him. He continued to resist, and the officers are not going to just punch him in the face, so they followed their protocol and used the taser which is not as invasive as a good punch to the face. The taser allows the officers to keep their distance from him and get him to comply when he is resisting. He got a good zap, and he deserved it. Now, he's on video and the joke is on him cause the officers are on paid leave and the video will be shown that they acted professionally and within their training. The loser, Meyer, will now be on youtube in a way he does not want, yelling for help like a wuss. He also will have a nice blemish on his record for the next time he decided to take an opportunity to be a celebrity because the camera is rolling. The police did a good job...a great job.

That once again goes to show the power of the police and that there is no such thing as "FREEDOM OF SPEECH" anymore. I don't understand why the mic was turned off to begin with and then after he was tased the fat blonde officer was smiling as he was holding him down. See thats why cops are so hated b/c they take there jobs to there head.

We already know the outcome of this case: the videos will be reviewed, the defendant will be seen as disturbing the peace, (but at a question forum are there never any disturbing questions?), then he will be shown resisting arrest, but arrest for what? Why was Ander Meyer taken from the mic in the first place? I cant help but to feel torn between wanting to stand up and fight authority and wanting to calm Mr. Meyer down when i see these videos. Even though the law states that one must not resist arrest, how else is one to react when they already fear the government? I mean think about it, a college student has the opportunity to ask a potential leader of our country questions, that if answered could alter our future (Kerry not being elected President) and even open the eyes of America that we can still question our government. When the declaration of independence was written, our Forefathers were of the people, "We the people," But now the president is portrayed as a celebrity. The news reports that he is traveling to Texas for vacation, or that he nearly choked on a pretzel, but nothing about the bill he just signed that allows the police to monitor whatever they want (obviously this is just an example). So what are we, the people, going to do? What can we do. I am one of many that desire for our government to be questioned, but I am just like Mr. Meyer, I’m a college student with nothing but apathetic views on our government. I have no hope for our Mr. President’s ability to govern this country accordingly because there are too many dynamics of this society, and the media is the most capable of changing the world. But they aren’t doing anything either because of who knows why. It isn’t biased to ask the president if he is corrupt. It isn’t biased to ask him if he has cheated in some way. Asking questions only gets to the truth. And we should never fear either asking questions or the truth. I no longer want to be a fearful American only sure that if everything else fails I can turn the TV on and there will be a broadcast.
I digress; Andrew Meyer will be charged guilty of disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. But it shouldn’t be because he made some people upset and he wouldn’t stay calm; it should be because he tried to get the crowd worked up and intentionally wanted to scuffle with an officer. He posed questions that were not of some people’s liking which got other’s attention and then he was arrested for doing so, as far as I can tell from the footage. Unfortunately the subjectivity will be taken away from this case and simply the “facts” will be presented, but I hope not. I just hope that the media will one day realize that they hold the moral fabric of the world in their hands; with great power comes great responcibility.