PHOTOS: "Trust betrayed"

[Bluebear]

Pperhaps we can pause for a moment about whetehr the student "deserved" to be tasered and observe some of his fellow students rallying around him.



University of Florida students walk to the University Police Department Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in Gainesville, Fla., to protest of the arrest of fellow student Andrew Meyer during a speech by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. Meyer was Tasered by campus police and arrested after loudly and repeatedly trying to ask Kerry questions during a campus forum. Approximately 200 students marched to the police department to protest the use of tasers on campus and to demand charges be dropped against Meyer.

[uppityperson]

1. Good for them to do this. k&r

[cboy4]

2. They're lucky they weren't tased during their

walk to protest the tasering.

Those cops need a refresher course on arrest control techniques, including wrist locks.

They really do.

[Bluebear]

3. We're in the minority here.

I can't believe the groundswell of people supporting the tasering of this student.

[lateo]

6. Good Germans.

Scary isn't it?

[Bluebear]

7. Horrid and petrifying.

[OzarkDem]

10. A**holes, AFAIC

Of course it will be different if it ever happens to their child. :eyes:

[lateo]

12. Indeed.

[idgiehkt]

4. I agree

tasers are not a good thing, I don't think. One thing that amazes me is when I watch shows like "Cops" you would think that being filmed would make them use less force than necessary, but instead they seem to be way more brutal than necesarry.

[Cha]

5. No wonder the University

asked that the cops be put on administrative leave..not that they wouldn't have anyway.

[OzarkDem]

8. How dare they, those drama queens! Its so RUDE!

Quick someone call the police and taser them! :sarcasm:

[Bluebear]

9. He cut in line!

:sarcasm:

[lateo]

14. Get a rope!

We will learn him real good!

[Raster]

17. I bet he was wearing a pink tutu and a tiara....hmm, perhaps Code Pink put him up to this.

[stevedeshazer]

11. Andrew Meyer was right.

He was right to be agitated.

Complacency is so 20th century.

Long live Andrew Meyer; may more of his generation ask similar questions openly and loudly.

Shame on John Kerry and his supporters here. Shame on me for supporting him without realizing that he wouldn't stick up for an Andrew Meyer.

The Radical Right media will have a field day with this story. Unfortunately, they'll for once be correct. Kerry could have, and should have handled this with the diplomacy I expected from him. What a disappointment.

[Bluebear]

13. Shame on people who say this kid deserves as taser because he "agitated the cops"

What the fuck country is this anymore?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1838974&mesg_id=1838993

[tekisui]

16. exactly. so what , he agitated. cops should be professionals, not

fascist thugs.

[Totally Committed]

15. Bless their hearts!

Good for them!!!

TC

[ClayZ]

18. Good for them!

[phusion]

19. The more I see of this incident on Youtube...

the more I become enraged. :grr:

I mean, WTF? And there are people here on DU defending the actions of these fucking cops?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=V8ndctwAJmU&mode=related&search=

Watch this one as well: http://youtube.com/watch?v=V8ndctwAJmU&mode=related&search=

[goforit]

20. Anyone that has a chance to join them on this human rights issue should!!!!

[1monster]

21. K and R because I'm sick of those who advocate extreme measures to slience

the people.