Why didn't the media cover the Kerry UF Taser Protest?

Question

The Protest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJ9_7Cfzxo&mode=related&search=


Why did many of the media outlets butcher the original recording? Is that they only way to justify to tasering?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAVvlyVbag&NR=1

NEW VIDEO: University of Florida Taser Incident

This video has why he actually was arrested and he starts freaking out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJ9_7Cfzxo&mode=related&search=

"ummmm... I've seen it on at least 3 different stations so far in the past 12 hours... so yeah. Did you actually look for it anywhere or did you just assume it isn't getting coverage"

I haven't seen any footage on the news, which I switch between three news stations. Might be bad luck on my part, though I haven't seen any articles about the protest either. I'm am of course talking about the protest, not when he was getting arrested. They butchered the footage of when he was getting arrested, which is the only reason why they aired it.

"I say staged because at the start of the whole thing he asked repeatedly if he was on camera. He did not begin his rant until after his cameras were running. He had the same opportunity to ask questions just as everyone else. His method was inappropriate for the arena. This is a past presidential candidate. Even though I did not like him, he still deserves respect and questions posed in a civilized and professional manner."

Staged? He definitely knew what he was going to ask beforehand, most likely everyone else that asked a question had prepared their question beforehand. He was asking if the camera was on because he wanted the answer recorded. The question he asked was a very good question. Due to the fact that it was an unexpected penetrating question makes it inappropriate? Logic?

It isn't like he asked Kerry what color his wife's panties were.

His was civilized until he was arrested. Professional? We need good questions that cut straight through the bull crap.

I would like to add that the media said he was giggling and lighthearted after he was removed. That he told the cops he knew they were just doing their jobs and he held nothing against them. Does he look like he is giggling and lighthearted to you?

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

It was a prank? Hell, considering the media has obviously doctored its own version of the story so people will overlook the serious incident, how can you be so certain he is a prankster at all? Because the media said so?

Answer 1

It did, to the point of bad taste (what else is new?).

The student (Meyer) is well known for hoaxes.The hoax at the University of Florida which was intended to humiliate the police, the university and Senator Kerry was carried out and planned by a number of students.

Answer 2

Probably due to the fact that the whole question thing was clearly staged. He was NOT tased and arrested for asking a question. He was tased and arrested for resisting police orders. Clearly obvious in the unedited video. And as a result, not protestable.

I say staged because at the start of the whole thing he asked repeatedly if he was on camera. He did not begin his rant until after his cameras were running. He had the same opportunity to ask questions just as everyone else. His method was inappropriate for the arena. This is a past presidential candidate. Even though I did not like him, he still deserves respect and questions posed in a civilized and professional manner.

Officers are trained to deploy the taser when subjects display clear physical resistance or combative behavior. Here the taser was deployed, he then complied. Preventing injury to him, the officers, and the public surrounding them. No issue. The problem here is the general public/student/media has no reason to know the whens or hows of taser use. They just assume they know. In my opinion, the taser may have been used too late in his performance.

Answer 3

Why didnt the media cover the kerry taser video in the way it was to be shown? Because it didnt show the police and the federal government in a positive light. But they showed the actual tasering because they wanted to demonstrate what the police would do to you if you acted, even though the reason may be unjust. Getting us use to violence is the key goal of the media, so it can become normal to be pushed around. what he said was the truth, the questions he asked i did found intresting and truth is what got him in trouble.

During times of universal deciept, the truth becomes a revolutionary act" - George Orwell

Answer 4

The man was being disruptive. I am no Kerry fan but when someone has been invited to speak and people are there to hear that person speak, no one has the right to disrupt the event and infringe on the rights of others. This clown ran ahead of the others in line after the time period for questions was over. Mr. Kerry accomdated him an let him ask his question anyway. This clown did not ask a question but went off on a diatribe.

Finally, the police asked him to stop. He did not. They asked him to leave. He did not. They tried to escort him out he resisted. They tried to subdue him. He continued to resist and tried to incite the audience. They tried to handcuff him and he fought back. Finally, he was tasered.

At any point, this man could have simply cooperated and nothing further would have happened to him. He was putting on a show for the cameras and there is some speculation that this was done deliberately to try to make a name for himself.

Such actions in a crowed venue are extremely dangerous. It is conceivable that other people in the audience could have been incited to try to assist the perpetrator and caused a riot.
The police acted properly and showed the proper level of restraint. They responded with a steadily increasing level of force until they had achieved their goal of removing him. The level necessary, in such instances, is up to the perpetrator. He could have simply followed the police officers commands at any time and avoided all the ensuing ugliness.

That is the way it is supposed to work.

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Answer 5

I don't know where you watch TV but I have seen the tape on several stations including the Conservative reviled Countdown with Keith Olberman. As for the content, yes I found it reviling, however, no more so than Free Speech Zones.

Also you can't put this one on Kerry because he does say, let the kid ask his question. The police took things to the extreme. My question is, how many times are we going to hear this question. So far I counted five on Yahoo Answers alone.

Answer 6

I saw a lot of versions of the tape and I don't see how any of it could be justified. He was just asking harmless (stupid) questions but exceeded his time limit like all politicians do. I don't see any of them getting arrested. Kerry even agreed to answer the question which voids the time limit.
When he was tasered he had at least two people on top of him. Resisting arrest is a crime but struggling isn't. The dictionary defines resisting as 'to fend off or prevent an effect' since he was overpowered he had no way of doing any of those. According to this definition the only way to resist arrest is if you are armed or stronger then all the cops surrounding you.

Answer 7

ummmm... I've seen it on at least 3 different stations so far in the past 12 hours... so yeah. Did you actually look for it anywhere or did you just assume it isn't getting coverage?

Answer 8

Because the evidence is increasingly pointing to the kid purposefully trying to start trouble at the speech. The protesters are looking like uninformed fools.

Answer 9

Were you living in a cave? Why this obnoxious person, who thinks acting like he is the only one in the world with the right to question anyone is getting sympathy is beyond me.
There are people who deserve sympathy and consideration, this is just a spoiled publicity hound who set out to get some and he did. He wasn't tasered for asking questions, he was removed, when he wasn't giving someone else a chance and went into a rant. Kerry had nothing to do with it, he gave no orders and it wasn't his protective squad, it was University police. He was tasered because he became violent and wouldn't go out. He fought them. Violence begets violence.
That's what justifies tasering.

Answer 10

the mic was cut as soon as the speaker mentions skull and bones. the media is a tool of the government, draw your own conclusions.