Tasered UF student

woundedorgan
woundedorgan Posts: 607
edited September 2007 in A Moving Train
I observed that video on YouTube at the John Kerry thing....anybody else see that..
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    no I haven't seen it, but I've read about it

    from the sounds of it, those cops are in some deep shit
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    saw it on the news.

    the guy deserved to get the stun gun. anybody resisting arrest is gonna get subdued by whatever means necessary.
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  • NOTHINGFAN
    NOTHINGFAN Posts: 69
    lowlight10 wrote:
    saw it on the news.

    the guy deserved to get the stun gun. anybody resisting arrest is gonna get subdued by whatever means necessary.

    but why was he being arrested, for raising his voice?
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  • Lizardking
    Lizardking Posts: 936
    If he wasn't a Pearl Jam fan we don't care on this thread ;
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    What shocked me most about it was the fact the Senator Kerry, the voice of the down-trodden and forgotten, didn't speak up for the young lad's right to raise his voice
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  • Indifference
    Indifference Posts: 2,778
    woundedorgan wrote:
    I observed that video on YouTube at the John Kerry thing....anybody else see that..

    Was he wearing a PJ shirt or something?

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  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    my son (who is also a PJ fan) and a UF senior marched in a protest on campus yesterday. (I am proud of that!)

    I think the taser-ee was an ass and the taser-ors were only justified because of the prevalent "zero tolerance" mode we have been in since 9-11. I don't agree, and we need to change this - but the police were operating within now accepted parameters.

    I am more worried about the recent censorings (PJ internet show) and Sally Fields (network).
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  • Joanne
    Joanne Posts: 98
    Yes he did! He told the police to let him answer the students question and not to arrest him. Here's a quote:

    In a statement issued Tuesday, Kerry said he didn't know a Taser had been used on the student until after he left the event, and said he hoped no one was injured.

    "In 37 years of public appearances, through wars, protests and highly emotional events, I have never had a dialogue end this way," he said.

    "I believe I could have handled the situation without interruption, but again, I do not know what warnings or other exchanges transpired between the young man and the police prior to his barging to the front of the line and their intervention."
    We're still making records for people who listen to it all the way through, eyes closed, in that space.
  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    I saw the tape on CNN.com. I think that if he was being disruptive, then taking him out of the room is one thing, but there was no need for him to be tasered over and over like that.
  • NOTHINGFAN
    NOTHINGFAN Posts: 69
    I think Kerry said he didn't know about it until after the event, so he doesn't have to testify in court.
    Oh help me, help me from myself!!!

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  • chicagojammer06
    chicagojammer06 Posts: 60
    that guy deserved to get his ass kicked, maybe not tased, but a good kick in the nuts
  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Shouldn't this be on A Moving Train?
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  • JamMastaE
    JamMastaE Posts: 444
    lowlight10 wrote:
    saw it on the news.

    the guy deserved to get the stun gun. anybody resisting arrest is gonna get subdued by whatever means necessary.


    you must be a cop or have a cops I.Q.

    those cops should be hung.
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  • CatchyPJUserName
    CatchyPJUserName Posts: 17
    seriously. The kid was given his chance to speak. He was asking asinine questions. His time ran out, but he decided to continue. He was asked to leave, then resisted. He deserved the tazer. In fact, up the voltage a little and hit him again on his way out of jail.
    The moron has done stupid stunts before just to get a laugh out of people, and this was just another chance to be an a-hole. He obviously planned to make a scene just to get a rise out of people. As far as I'm concerned, he should get tazed weekly to see if it might help him with his excessive need for attention.
  • woundedorgan
    woundedorgan Posts: 607
    not much to do with PJ except that he was censored in the worst way....maybe he crossed the line and acted like a tool but to subdue him with a taser when he clearly was not in the position to cause harm to anyone...I am on the fence with this one....we know what 1 crazy person can do and then this guy was only asking questions.....just disturbing that we have to bust out the taser on college campuses....
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    JamMastaE wrote:
    you must be a cop or have a cops I.Q.

    those cops should be hung.
    What exactly is a cop's IQ???

    I have friends who are cops and am considering being one myself. All have college degrees. All have high IQs.. You're making a big fucking generalization.

    Hanging people for giving out a shock of electricity? Get real. They were excessive, but a slap on the wrist or suspension would do.
  • CatchyPJUserName
    CatchyPJUserName Posts: 17
    He was given a chance to speak... he wasn't censored. The fact that he continued to speak when his time was up, then to cause a scene, cut into other people's chance to speak... in effect, he was censoring everyone else by only letting them hear his questions and opinions...
  • woundedorgan
    woundedorgan Posts: 607
    CatchyPJUserName wrote:
    He was given a chance to speak... he wasn't censored. The fact that he continued to speak when his time was up, then to cause a scene, cut into other people's chance to speak... in effect, he was censoring everyone else by only letting them hear his questions and opinions...


    He continued to speak except he is wailing in pain after being hit with electricity....look...he was a dick, I accept that...but if you watch the video, you will see that before he was able to get his words out, 2 security gaurds actually grab him...to me that is censorship....He did not start making a disturbance until he was removed by force....If you listen you will hear people clapping when he was speaking...so I interpret this as an over reaction and censorship...You may be wrong about who was censoring who, please think about it....
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    UF should question why they have cops who can't subdue what looks like a 150 lb kid without a taser when there outnumber him 6 to 1.
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  • CatchyPJUserName
    CatchyPJUserName Posts: 17
    woundedorgan wrote:
    He continued to speak except he is wailing in pain after being hit with electricity....look...he was a dick, I accept that...but if you watch the video, you will see that before he was able to get his words out, 2 security gaurds actually grab him...to me that is censorship....He did not start making a disturbance until he was removed by force....If you listen you will hear people clapping when he was speaking...so I interpret this as an over reaction and censorship...You may be wrong about who was censoring who, please think about it....

    no, the videos they are showing only show him being dragged and (deservingly) shocked. He was given the microphone. He had his say. His time ran out. He decided to continue to speak, thereby cutting into other people's time. He was censoring everyone else in the room by not letting them have their turn to speak.

    Are you sure they weren't applauding because the authorities were getting rid of a nuisance?

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