UF Student arrested, tasered, for asking Kerry about Skull & Bones Options

[jonathan83]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6bVa6jn4rpE&...ted&search=

This is messed up. This guy is screaming for help and he gets tasered just for asking questions to Sen. Kerry. This is appalling. You can hear several girls asking the police to stop because he's being tortured by that damn taser. What the hell...


More video after he's led outside: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ec_1190097717&p=1

Articles:
http://www.local10.com/news/14138122/detai...ia&psp=news
http://www.local6.com/news/14138039/detail.html
http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/2007...80325/1007/NEWS

[cmac]

ok i watched it again and this is what i see.
when he says secret society the mic goes off and the police grab him. (no justification)
he raises his hands in the air and asks what they're doing. (no force from him)
the big cop picks him up and carries him towards the door. (not justified)
big cop throws guy to ground.
continues to ask what he's done and why this is happening. asks for help.
says "when you get off of me i'll leave"

at this point they should have got off of him and let him walk out the door.

[Hartmann]

ok i watched it again and this is what i see.
when he says secret society the mic goes off and the police grab him. (no justification)
he raises his hands in the air and asks what they're doing. (no force from him)
the big cop picks him up and carries him towards the door. (not justified)
big cop throws guy to ground.
continues to ask what he's done and why this is happening. asks for help.
says "when you get off of me i'll leave"

at this point they should have got off of him and let him walk out the door.

So you didn't read the first hand account eh?

Before they cut the mic off (which is pretty much where the video starts), he had been asked, then told multiple times to let the original person speak. Kerry was kind enough to answer the first person's question, then was going to answer this guy's question, then he just rambled on about the secret society, (where the video starts), then he gets escorted out.

The police grab him, start escorting him out, he raises his hands, which is technically resisting as he was trying to forcibly remove the police from his arms.

You want justification but in this case the cops were doing what they were asked (according to the first hand accounts) by simply escorting him out. I've seen people escorted out of places before by police and it's no big deal until you start mouthing off and trying to get the cops hands off of you.

He wasn't going to walk out the door. He ran down the aisle (again, first hand accounts) to get to the mic when he realized that not everyone's questions were going to get asked because of time constraints. He took the mic from someone (not justified, to use your words).


Can you honestly tell me that you stick up for this guy simply because you think he was wronged? When are we going to stop making exceptions for people and just face the fact that if you can't be civil, why should others act in a civil way toward you. Gone are the days of respect. It's all about questioning authority and attempting to stand up against it.

You know, the more my girlfriend and I talk about having kids at some point, the more I think about how I'd raise them. What I do in moderation they will imitate in excess. If I am disrespectful to a cop or a teacher, they are sure to do it 10x more. The less we respect each other, the worse it will get.

All this guy in the video had to do was accept the fact that his question wasn't going to get answered and go on with life. Instead he had to run down and try to get it answered, which is self-importance to the utmost.