A nice public Tasering can hurt so good
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"the episode underscores the paradigm that defines our hyper-media-savvy times."
Simmer down, Baudrillard.
Posted by: Nick | Sep 19, 2007 2:00:05 PM
He deserved to get tasered, he interrumpted the forum, was disruptive, speak out of turn, then resisted arrest and cried like a goddamm pussy.
It's funny the left is defending him since he attacked one of their heroes, Kerry.
Posted by: Bobby | Sep 19, 2007 2:23:12 PM
Save batteries–use pepper spray next time.
Posted by: bg | Sep 19, 2007 3:05:07 PM
Save pepper. Use bullets next time.
Posted by: rich Siegel | Sep 19, 2007 4:26:09 PM
Bobby, your internuts are huge.
Posted by: yikes | Sep 19, 2007 5:41:41 PM
When you basically ASK to be tasered, at least take it like a man. What a little bitch.
Posted by: Ed | Sep 19, 2007 8:35:27 PM
Stunt or not, there were FOUR officers against one scrawny, unarmed college kid. They couldn't place him in cuffs and escort him out of the room without using a weapon? Are they so poorly trained that they don't posses the skills of an average bouncer?
Posted by: Fuck da police! | Sep 19, 2007 11:08:57 PM
Doesn't Andrew Meyer work at Leo Burnett? That's kinda like being tasered right there.
Posted by: doofy | Sep 19, 2007 11:52:02 PM
They aren't police. Campus cops are control freaks who didn't qualify to be police. They are giddy with delight at being allowed to have Tasers, they think they can strut around, all macho like, with a weapon that shoots people without actually shooting them. Since it doesn't kill the person, they'll jump at any excuse to zap someone.
Posted by: F*** da FAKE police | Sep 20, 2007 1:47:03 AM
"Stunt or not, there were FOUR officers against one scrawny, unarmed college kid."
--He wasn't scrwany, he looked pretty built to me, not to mention tall. Besides, how are they supposed to know if he's carrying a weapon?
"They couldn't place him in cuffs and escort him out of the room without using a weapon?"
---Blaiming cops is so popular nowadays. The next time you're in trouble, please call Pizza Hut.
Campus cops or not, the rights of a law-abiding person are more important than the rights of a suspected criminal. I won't feel sorry for that stupid kid.
And by the way, what's with this "bro" thing? That word makes me cringe. White people should not be allowed to say "bro," they sound stupid when they say it.
Posted by: Bobby | Sep 20, 2007 3:46:03 PM
I'll admit he's a little prick. But a taser is only supposed to be used as an alternative to lethal force. So, if you wouldn't use a gun in the situation, you're not allowed to use a taser. So, did the kid deserve it? No.
Though he did deserve a kick in the balls by any of the other students who were there to have a real dialog.
Posted by: dan | Sep 20, 2007 6:37:47 PM
Score __0__ for free speech! Anyone should be allowed to say whatever they feel, wrong or not, especially on campus. And especially when addressing an elected public official It's a constitutional right. Whether what this guys said was right or wrong or stupid or not, is not the case here, and to see it that way shows a huge lack of critical understanding of the real issue.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 20, 2007 6:51:21 PM
It's not a constitutional right to interrupt a speech. Kerry wasn't in a public square, he was in a private auditorium. Meyer would not have been allowed to show up naked, even if his nakedness had been an act of free expression. Now, if he had waited his turn like everyone else, ask a question, and then leave. Fine, nobody should tase him then, no matter how offensive the question was.
But to disrupt a meeting and refuse to leave? That's the typical college antics that make some speakers fear giving speeches there.
"o, if you wouldn't use a gun in the situation, you're not allowed to use a taser."
---They're not the same. Cops have nightsticks, they have pepper spray, they can't even punch someone without some lawyer yelling "police brutality" which is why they rely on other methods. And now other methods are wrong?
Whatever, everyone knows college students hate cops and see them as "the establishment." But they have to be kept in line like everyone else
Posted by: Bobby | Sep 21, 2007 11:43:56 AM
I found your selective espousing of "freedom" interesting. Complex even.
Carry on.
Posted by: yikes | Sep 21, 2007 5:19:40 PM
I am somewhat intuitive. I swear Meyer's delivery of the line "Don't taze me bro" sounded a little bit rehearsed. I think he knew there was a good chance of getting tasered.
Posted by: Tdave | Sep 23, 2007 7:10:59 AM
