Kerry is a piece of shit like the other politicians who pretend to be "for the people" . This is an example of what is to come , when you openly question any policies involving government on any level . How long the public will eat the shit spewed forth out of their mouths is the only question to answer , ie: How long until we are a police state ?

That video made me laugh so hard, I shot beer out my nose

What an idiot, hell... I would have tasered him, just to hear his "don't tase me" monologue.......

Oh grow the fuck up. It's not like Kerry had time to sit and type out the above bullshit monologue like you did just in case something like this might happen. It happened out of the blue, he asked the cops to let him answer the question, but once it became clear that the police were going to remove him he had absolutely zero authority over the situation. Again, he's just a politician. He's not Emperor Palpatine. He can't snap his fingers and have the police just stop what they're doing.

hahah "dont taser me bro"

what a fucking attention whore.

I could not roll my eyes harder at this comment than I am right now without causing irreversible damage to my retinas..

They should've just shot him.

Facist pigs 1 - Free speech 0

Srsly.

Knee-jerk anarchism is as ridiculous as knee-jerk fascism.

I had no idea that Skull & Bones was a "policy involving government." I thought it was a support group for overprivileged white kids. Is it a secret branch of Americorps?

"what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

That kid is a pompous dipshit who thought he could say and do whatever he wanted and wanted to use his 20 seconds on the microphone to get some recognition by thinking he could put Kerry on the spot. Not to mention, the video doesn't show what the kid said or asked prior to the Secret Society question. For all we know he could have badgered Kerry about another question and was warned.

And I can honestly say that if I were in that crowd I would be laughing at that kid for a few reasons, one of which being did anyone else notice how quickly he went from being Mr. Cool Guy on Campus to "heelllppp meeeeeee, they're arresting me!!! somebody heeelllpppp meee pllllleeeaaaasseeee!!!!! why won't anyone help meeeee????" If you can't do the time don't do the crime...asshole.

No, not following the rules doesn't typically get you tasered. RESISTING ARREST DOES. Nothing yet on expulsion, I think it's too early in this whole debacle to tell. I think he raised enough of a stink that it'll be awhile before the University decides.

By the time he said he'd leave, it was too late. They had already committed to arresting him. They committed to arresting him when he struggled free and refused to leave. It was just another move on his part to grab more attention, and make it look like an unjust and wrongful arrest. Moreover, the fact remains that had he not continued to struggle, he would never have gotten zapped. You can say anything you like while you're struggling with an officer, but you'd still be resisting arrest.

And yes, it could have been handled differently, like, oh, say, PEPPER MACE in the eyes, a PR-24 PROSECUTOR BATON to the kidneys and skull... Or six officers stomping his ass into the ground. They chose the one least likely to do any lasting damage. The taser hurts like hell. It can even disorient you or knock you out. But in the end, you take less lasting damage from one than you will from even pepper mace. See with a taser (OK, LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS. IT'S A FUCKING STUN GUN. A TASER FIRES DARTS, THIS ONE DID NOT. IT'S A SHORT-HANDLED CATTLE PROD. ), the pain stops once it's done being used. Pepper mace, batons, and knuckles, not so much. Oh, and if they used any of the other three methods, THEN the protesters would have a reason to bitch.

Oh, Andrew Meyer certainly saw to that. He caused enough drama to ensure that the officers will be investigated and probed with a fine-toothed comb, and most likely fired as scapegoats regardless of whether or not they are found to have committed any wrongdoing.

That's simply your assumption. There are plenty of videos out there that show the entire incident. Gut feelings are not facts.

And what crime was that, that he supposed committed?

He was asked to leave a privately held event by security officers (who were instructed to do so by the people holding the event). He refused, and then while being escorted from the building (he was not under arrest), he resisted and broke free of the officers repeatedly. Once the officers determined that he was out of control, they subdued him... while he continued to resist.

The kid's a god damned attention whore by all accounts, and when he was off camera he even calmed down, telling the police they had done nothing wrong. Once he was back on camera he started resisting and crying out again.

Here. Watch this video, and pay special attention towards the end. Once he's on the ground and he realizes people aren't paying much attention anymore (as Kerry begins to speak to the audience), he starts crying out again and resisting some more.

And here's what another eye-witness says.

Kid was an idiot and was doing this specifically to get attention and cause trouble. Fortunately for him there are people who blindly distrust everything connected to the government enough to think something wrong happened, and that he was a victim.

PS - The guy has a god-damn website, and just look at it.
www.theandrewmeyer.com/

He's just making a name for himself to launch a career in the media.

A privately held event isn't a accurate description at all. A US Senator made a public appearance at a major state University where this kid was a student. You're making it sound like a wedding. I not saying this kid didn't overreact to the situation, but the police did their fair share in escalating it. So I ask again... what crime did he supposed commit, that justified how the campus police reacted? I don't buy what you've written above as a justification for using a tazer.

I haven't argued that the kid wasn't an obnoxious jackass. From the looks of his website, he'd seem like the type of person we'd mock here for spouting off crazy conspiracy theories. I could really give a fuck about the kid.

My point is: shouldn't the police be the more responsible when reacting to situations like this? How is the use of a tazer in this situation justifiable?

You have clearly not been paying attention. Resisting arrest. 'Nuff said. Yo do that, things get all sparkly, and not in a way you'll enjoy. Or would you prefer a club? Or mace? Or a boot in the face? All of these things were also justifiable possibilities. Thank the powers that be for the little punk's sake that they chose the least injurious method.

It was an event held by a private group, and they invited Kerry. It's up to them who they want in there. That leads to the crime, he was asked to leave and refused, so that's trespassing. Officers attempted to escort him out, which would have been the end of it, but instead he broke free repeatedly and became a danger to himself and others. Or at least I gather that's the reasoning.

It's hard to say, as I'm not an officer, but using a tazer on a college age male who is writhing on the ground resisting efforts to be cuffed doesn't seem like too much. Tazers hurt, but only for a few seconds, and he could do serious harm to himself resisting the handcuffs. Tazers really aren't all that bad, they're not subtle and therefore really set bystanders of, but they're really not dangerous to use, and work wonders against people resisting custody.