http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_us/student_arrested_kerry;_ylt=As6W199eKoytdkL7InCGXAms0NUE
Please, keep your political comments about Kerry &/or Bush to yourself.
2007-09-18 08:30:44 · 7 answers · asked by yossarius 4 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
He wasn't tased for asking uncomfortable questions. He was tased for resisting arrest after assaulting security officers.
2007-09-18 08:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't tazered for asking the questions; he was tazered for resisting arrest
I watched the videos. Mayer was deliberately setting himself to be removed from the room by monopolizing the microphone beyond a reasonable time limit. He was warned to wrap it up & the mike had been switched off when he kept rambling on. When he kept talking, the police then moved in & attempted to lead him away as he kept trying to pull himself loose. He was warned that if he did not cooperate, he would be tazed. (You can clearly hear this on the rape).
As an aging former student hippie demonstrator, I can tell you the main rule to follow is if you are being arrested during a demonstration, do not resist. He resisted. I believe the police were properly doing their job w/o excess violence. I'm not happy that they used the tazer, but I am sure he would be in worse pain now if they had used other forms of force, such as one of them dropping a knee into the middle of his back
It is obvious that John Kerry had nothing to do with causing the arrest. Also, Meyer had no support from the audience; they actually cheered as the cops moved in. If the cops had been as wrong as people on here seem to think, don't you think the audience reaction would have been VERY different?
2007-09-18 09:06:29 · answer #2 · answered by bob h 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if someone of such high influence is given the privilage to speak to a university, and that university have the respect to sit and listen (especially if they are a past presidential canidate) then they should have to answer any and every question that is asked. you can't run for president and skip some of the questions that you may feel "uncomfortable" about.. that makes kerry a WIMP!!!
**Forget the audiences reaction-- it doesnt matter that they cheered the arrest, it's about the meyer as a student asking a question, and kerry as a high powered figure who should answer the damn question.
2007-09-19 01:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He rushed to the front to ask a question. He was obnoxious. He was loud and offensive to those around him. He resisted arrest. He disrupted a good Q&A time.
Are there bad cops? Yes! Are they all bad? No! Lets quit rushing to conclusions about police officers. Andrew Meyer was bent on causing a disturbance and he got what he deserved. In this case, the police acted responsibly.
2007-09-18 09:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think the problem was not that they tasered him. He seemed to be obnoxious but they did not taser him until after he was cuffed. That seems excessive even though I think he more or less got what he had coming to him.
It is also a problem that this all happened at a "skull and crossbones" question. This will only fuel the conspiracy theorists.
2007-09-18 08:36:08 · answer #5 · answered by Feivel 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think Mr. Kerry is a disgrace as a senator and as a citizen of the US.
The student was apprehended by police for disorderly conduct and for resisting arrest. I think the police did the right thing.
2007-09-18 08:37:04 · answer #6 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
actually kerry did want to answer his questions
2007-09-19 16:34:01 · answer #7 · answered by senor_sky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋