Posted on 09/18/2007 6:07:46 AM PDT by teddyballgame
However, while Senator Kerry was responding to a student’s question, all of a sudden Meyer rushed to the microphone with cops in pursuit. At that point no one knew what was going on. Could he have a gun, a bomb? Immediately, Meyer began yelling into the microphone that he had been waiting in line forever and that Senator Kerry should “spend time to answer everyone’s questions!” Senator Kerry tried to calm the student down by telling him that he would “stay here as long as it takes to get the questions answered.” The police approached Meyer who began taunting them by saying “what! are you going to taser me? are you going to arrest me?!” The police grabbed Meyer, but Senator Kerry asked the police to let him go and that he would answer his question. Senator Kerry finished answering the other student’s question and then proceeded with Meyer. (*This entire scene is not in any video I can find so far. This is why 2 cops are seen right behind Meyer at the start of some videos*).
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
Meyer approached the microphone and began to talk about a book he had which stated that Kerry won the 2004 election because of disenfranchisement of black voters and faulty voter machines that produced “Bush” as the winner. He then posed another question about why President Bush had not been impeached. “President Clinton was impeached because of a blowjob, why not Bush?”. The third and strangest question he posed to Senator Kerry was asking him if he was part of the skull and bones society with Bush at
Yale. Meyer’s mic cut off after that, probably because he had mentioned the word “blowjob”. The cops grabbed him, but Meyer was able to get away several times. Eventually more cops were brought in to help subdue Meyer. Meyer continued to resist arrest, scream, curse; however he was enventually subdued by about six cops up around the entrance. As he is on the ground, he is told several times to put his hands around his back. He is also warned that he will be tasered if he does not comply. Eventually he is tasered twice. http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/17/student-tasered-at-john-kerry-forum/
If this happened during a Republican event - the libs would be screaming bloody murder!
On the other hand, maybe this is how we should handle those code-pinkers when they disrupt our events.
Uh. Yes and yes. ZAAAP! Clink.
Bigtime lawsuit — kid is right — he didn’t do anything. Tons of witnesses. Outrageous. This ain’t a police state.
I watched the video and the moonbat was resisting the cops quite a bit. I’m not surprised he got tasered. He should be glad he didn’t get Rodney Kinged.
Hmmmmm....
If tasering people for spouting political diatribes, covered as ‘questions’, in public Q&A sessions should become accepted practice —
It would sure make the daily White House Press Conference more entertaining.......
Student Arrested, Tasered at Kerry Event [”What did I do?”]
The Associated Press ^ | Sep 18, 2007 | —
Posted on 09/18/2007 5:49:41 AM EDT by johnny7
A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying to ask U.S. Senator John Kerry about the 2004 election and other subjects during a campus forum. 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. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898243/posts
I never received an opportunity to ask my question, but when Senator Kerry ended the show after the Meyer incident, he did come off stage to shake hands and give autographs. At that point, I was able to ask him my question, shake his hand, and get a autograph at the same time. Now why couldn’t Andrew Meyer do that?I don’t know if this is relevant or not, but Andrew Meyer is a former sports writer for the school newspaper The Alligator. In his columns, he has been known to make ridiculous statements in order to gain attention for himself. Was today a publicity stunt?
Typical moveon.org daily kos type. Fun watching one of them go after Senator Lurch, but thats about it.
Six cops cannot take care of one student? This is pretty bad.
The second paragraph (this one) seems to follow the video.
It looks like had the cops not pushed him around, this would not have happened.
Either way he looked like a wacko: yelling, and putting up a struggle, making a scene for....his 15 minutes.
I did love it, that film clip made my morning.
John Kerry has his supporters tasered. Imagine what happens to his opposition. He encourages these people and then is embarrassed when the light shines.
“If this happened during a Republican event - the libs would be screaming bloody murder!”
You should check the previous thread on this. Libs, FReepers, sometimes you can’t tell the difference.
Like that Southpark episode:
“I thougt this was America!” :^)
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