UF Police Cleared In Taser Incident ("Don't tase me bro" Kerry event)

Local 6 (Florida) ^ | October 24, 2007

[Stoat]

UF Police Cleared In Taser Incident

Charges May Be Filed Against Student

 

POSTED: 12:19 pm EDT October 24, 2007

UPDATED: 12:48 pm EDT October 24, 2007

 

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- University of Florida police have been cleared in the use of a Taser gun against a student on campus.

A report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said the officers were justified when they used the Taser gun on Andrew Meyer. Police have said Meyer refused to stop questioning Sen. John Kerry at a campus event last month. The videotaped altercation and Meyer's cries of "Don't Tase me, bro!" were played frequently on the Internet.

Two officers who were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation have been reinstated.

Police charged Meyer for resisting an officer and disturbing the peace. The State Attorney's Office has not yet decided whether to file formal charges. University President Bernie Machen said his student-faculty committee to determine how existing event-management rules can be improved will continue to meet.

[OCC]

Thats the taser in question, not a gun!

[Shimmer]

oh whew. thanks. i thought the woman next to him had the taser. ok, i feel better now!

[Bubba_Leroy]

Andrew Meyer, the University of Florida student who was Tasered by campus police in September, may have staged the disturbance in an effort to disrupt a political forum at the Gainesville campus, a state police report concludes.

http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/283492.html

Gee, ya think?

In related breaking news, fire may be hot and water may be wet.

[scott says]

"What if it was an African American woman officer doing the tasing and he yelled “Don’t tase me, Ho!”?"

LOL! Thanks, I needed a good chuckle this morning :)