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The school cops over-reacted; they should have not tasered the student. There were enough cops to restrain the guy w/ those plastic cuffs used on protesters & haul him away.
The student only ran over his time to ask a question & was resisting being hauled away. He wasn't attacking anyone or charging towards Sen. Kerry. |
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I think he was acting stupid but not enough to be tased, he was not a threat! |
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letfreedomring
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If I remember right it was 3 and they had him down already.
I am sure it would have been easy enough to escort him out or cuff him.
People are doing more and more speaking out and getting bashed, tased and shot with rubber bullets.
They are coming out with new methods to target people who speak out. Its a great danger to our freedom.
take a look at this link http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2001/010302-npr.htm
Our freedom is in great peril right now. |
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vault
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I feel being tased was a bit much. Two officers could have calmy removed him from the room. Yes he may have kept on talking. But the room did not look that big. I think it was a bit extreem being tased. Oh I am he will file a law suit and get a bunch of money. Wich he probally does deserve. I hear being tased hurts really really really bad. And if you think about it, it did not look like anyone else was eager to ask any questions. |
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Poker/Lover
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I saw that guy laugh or whatever it was,more like a crazy grin. I actually paused it several times and I have no doubt.
The guy was on the floor he did not need to be tazerized. |
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diurnal_illusion
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Why did it take five cops and tazering to subdue this guy? Are our cops so incompetent that they can't subdue one nonviolent guy without tazering and tackling him. Shouldn't they be trained a little better, so that they could have gotten him out of there quicker and without causing a scene. He was disrupting things, but I think he should had simply been removed, and did not deserve to be dogpiled on and tazered. |
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lookn_4_laffs
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That is what I yelled at the TV as soon as I saw that, "WHAT about free speech?!?!" It totally sickened me to see that young man literally attacked for attempting to confront a political speaker. Sad times...
I saw just a bit ago a video on Yahoo! from a female classmate of his who said that he cut in front of a questioner when time was about to run out and wouldn't give up his spot, in other words, there's a lot more to the story possibly. We didn't get to see any of that, did we? Sometimes I suspect the media just shows one side to create sensationalism!! |
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The police did seem to be enjoying controlling that man! Since I am unsure of the man's background (if he was known to be prone to violence or not and the police knew it?)
Why they actually didn't have any other means of controlling him, other than using the taser on him, is a bit overwhelming! It just seemed like overkill for punishment toward someone who was just speaking his mind!
Maybe this is a wake-up call to our great country that we are losing a lot of our freedoms and becoming a police state in a sense..... Because I really don't understand what his crime was that required such harsh treatment of a human being just letting his voice be heard. It's not like he attacked John Kerry or pulled out a gun on him... He was just using his voice against him....
That's all I can say from the little news information I had read as well as watched on this incident. It scares me. Police scare me, even though I am not a criminal, they are the ones with much power to judge me and decide and they seem to make mistakes all too often anymore in towns and cities all across the U.S. |
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dragNdrop
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If He acted rudely or improperly, the police should have asked him to leave first, and then arrest him if he resists, not to start by arresting him. Why arrest him ? If you listen carefully, as he was lying down under the police he cried: "...I would have walked out of here..."
He did not resist being ASKED OUT, which is what they should have started with and did not do. He resisted being arrested. What exactly did he do that warranted his arrest ? That was an power rush and abuse of power from the police. |
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John W
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just another example of authorities breaking the fine line between a democracy and a totalitarianism..a very very fine line...those "college security"personnel went beyond neccesary force and violated that mans basic civil rights...well at least whats left of them...he stands to make millions from this incident |
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Get a Life
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You can hear Kerry on the tape. Saying "don't do that let him ask his question. Stop. let him finish. It's OK oh don't do that". Yes it was pretty funny. |
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theanswerman
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John Kerry's position???!!! As what? A person so totally incompetent that he couldn't even win an election against the worst president since Herbert Hoover? Why didn't Kerry try and stop what was such an obvious violation of that kid's civil rights? He did nothing threatening to Kerry...Just because he acted like an idiot doesn't give the cops the right to inflict pain and suffering on him. All those cops need to be suspended without pay....That kid should file charges of brutatlity and Senator Kerry should show some actual amount of balls and publically apologize for what happened to that kid and let the country know that he doesn't support police brutality. |
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Ray J
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Maybe next time he will cooperate when he is led away by the cops. |
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Faerifay
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Now maybe people will believe the prisoners that tell of horror stories from Correctional Officers abuse and Prison Visitors verbally abused and put through vigorous intrusive uncalled for pat searches when there has never been reason to do so other than pure nasty natures of the female Correctional Officers! Same as the Security Guards at the Rally. We need to be able to bring charges against this Bogus "protection" they are bullies in uniform wielding punishment without provocation. |
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Ken
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I felt bad for the kid considering he really wasn't a hardcore tough criminal whom the security can't handle. He was just a kid. I'd rather see them taser OJ or some criminal who deserves to be tasered. |
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Beautiful_Princess
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I thought that was ridiculous... So not necessary...... |
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mel
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it was a setup. 15 minutes of fame seeker. |
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gary b
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I hate Kerry(not a good word) but this guy was interrupting free speech and is crying about his lack of the same!!1 i saw the video...If he would have left peaceably..he would have been a hero to some misguided students!! He deserved what he got and should have had his *** kicked!! |
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bravozulu
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He apparently planned it and was acting to the cameras just to get money/fame/attention like some clown in a library last year. |
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cacianss
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When he was asked to leave he resisted.
The cops were right when they used a taser to subdue this violent man.
He was addressing a United States senator not some opposition at his college debate team.
Typical spoiled brat - no respect for a man in Kerry's position. |
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godsynthesis
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People should definitely have freedom of speech, but yelling at someone during a speech is not that. The idiot at the Kerry speech was holding up a sign and just screaming questions. |
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burgler09
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This was said before, but I will say it again. Think about this: What if the Virginia Tech student was tazed before he shot up the school before anyone knew about it, then they found his videos and gun in his pocket. The cops would be heros. This is the same thing with this kid in the video, he could have very well had a gun in his pocket that no one knew about. It is called being preventative. He was not allowing Kerry to speak, I am generally not a fan of Kerry or the police, but the kid in the video was an idiot and should have left peacefully instead of looking like an idiot! |
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Victor M
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That was not an example of free speech. It was an example of rowdyism pure and simple. The kid got what he deserved. He should have been locked up. |
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Sparkles
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I am sorry. You cannot behave like a trouble maker and expect to be treated with open arms. Things like this have a way of getting out of hand with others joining in the melee. I do not remember it saying anywhere in the history books that rude behavior was tolerated. We are still able to have peaceful assembly and protest in a orderly manner. He was anything but that. |
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Blake
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he shouldn't have got tased but he was kind of annoying...
it was funny to hear him say "ow ow ow ow ow" htough |
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tonymrep
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It seems like the actual tasing wasn't called for. From the video it's clear that all the cops could have wrangled this dude without it. I think they were trying not to have to kick his *** in front of everyone's cameras, but the tasing (whether really that bad or not) definitely comes across as worse than a knee to the head.
As to him actually being arrested, or the free speech issue, it's really a non-issue. People get arrested all the time for protesting/refusing to yield. He was being super obnoxious and wouldn't step away, so, right or wrong, there's no redress for this guy. I think that those in charge could have maybe given him a few moments more to leave, but he's not going to get anywhere crying about freedom of speech.
In conclusion, the only issue here is whether the tasing was necessary force in this situation.
Yeah, after reading some other answers, it is important to note that as a practical matter, the very very last thing yo ever want to do is physically resist police officers. Regardless of the injustice, you just need to do what they say or you're definitely going to regret it. Nobody can argue that this guy isn't a moron. |
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king_tots
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he was not being cooperative. he deserved it. he made his statement, and didn't think he was wrong for resisting arrest? PLEASE! |
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