I can’t say I’m really surprised. Afterall, he didn’t defend himself when the Swift Boaters attacked him, so why would he come to the aid of a student who was simply asking a question? Make no mistake about it, the student appears to be an ass clown who enjoys being in the spotlight (based on things he has done in the past), but if you watch the video (which is pasted below), it is clear the University police officers made more of the situation than they had to. Yes, the argument can be made that he should have just shut his mouth and walked out with the police, but hello…he was asking a question? What’s next, sharp shooters?
My point to this post is, of all the reports I’ve seen thus far, there has been no comment from Kerry on the incident. You can hear him in the video say, "That’s alright, let me answer his question" and mumble a few things after that, but then…nothing. Now, I’m sure in the days ahead, he’ll have something to say. However, this Sir, is why you are still a Senator. CJ
Student Arrested, Tasered at Kerry Event
Videos of the incident posted on several Web sites show officers pulling Andrew Meyer, 21, away from the microphone after he asks Kerry about impeaching President Bush and whether he and Bush were both members of the secret society Skull and Bones at Yale University.
"He apparently asked several questions — he went on for quite awhile — then he was asked to stop," university spokesman Steve Orlando said. "He had used his allotted time. His microphone was cut off, then he became upset."
As two officers take Meyer by the arms, Kerry, D-Mass., is heard to say, "That’s alright, let me answer his question." Audience members applaud, and Meyer struggles to escape for several seconds as up to four officers try to remove him from the room.
Meyer screams for help and asks "What did I do?" as he tries to break away from officers. He is forced to the ground and officers order him to stop resisting. Meyer says he will walk out if the officers let him go.
As Kerry tells the audience he will answer the student’s "very important question," Meyer struggles on the ground and yells at the officers to release him, crying out, "Don’t Tase me, bro," just before he is Tasered. He is then led from the room, screaming, "What did I do?"
Meyer was charged with resisting an officer and disturbing the peace, according to Alachua County jail records. No bond had been set. Meyer was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning, a jail official said.
It was not known if Meyer had an attorney.
Orlando said university police would conduct an internal investigation.
"The police department does have a standard procedure for when they use force, including when they use a Taser," Orlando said. "That is what the internal investigation would address — whether the proper procedures were followed, whether the officers acted appropriately."
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