Andrew Meyer – Tasered for Trying to Incite a Riot?

Tuesday September, 18 2007 @ 3:08 pm

WTF? You have probably never heard the name Andrew Meyer before and so haven’t I. Today, Andrew Meyer is the most talked about topic on teh interweb. He’s the student who got tasered by the police for asking a question at a John Kerry forum. Take a look:

Ouch! If you watch that video again, you’ll hear one of the police officers say that he’s being arreasted for trying to incite a riot. Ummmm, what? That was a riot? He was asking a goddamn question.

Andrew Meyer sure may have seemed like an idiot with his logic being a bit fuzzy at times, but does that equal to “trying to incite a riot”? Now I have seen it all!

I find it kind of sad that several police officers, who are supposed to be trained in their jobs, had to resort to a taser to subdue a single guy – regardless of whether he was wrong or right. There was no need to taser a guy who is on the ground and already in handcuffs and under officers control.

And people were just standing by, watching! Andrew Meyer may have been a wackjob, or maybe he wasn’t invited to the party or maybe he’s a general prick, but there was still no reason to torture him with a taser. Not when he’s down on the ground and under control.

Here’s another video which is a little longer and shows that Andrew Meyer was arrested:

What happened to the freedom of speech? Such display of power by the cops to a question at a Q&A meeting has no match in any western country. What a joke!!! Can people no longer express their opinions without being silenced in this country?

And what about John Kerry himself? Doesn’t he feel ashamed for just standing there watching this abuse and not telling the cops to chill it out a bit? Why did he go to a public question and answer meeting in the first place if he didn’t want to be asked controversial questions? The very principle of freedom this nation was founded on has just been shattered. Who would have thought a guy would get tasered at the university for asking a question, even though it may have been a hard one (question that is). The direction this country is taking is truly sickening!