Comments on: Taser Incident Sparks Uproar

By: Brag about Violence via YouTube, Go to Jail? « NewTeeVee

Brag about Violence via YouTube, Go to Jail? « NewTeeVee — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:41:42 +0000

[...] a chilling demonstration of how someone reacts when shot with a non-lethal Taser when videos of two incidents of unruly students being publicly disciplined were posted online and widely [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:15:05 +0000

What is strange to me is the way the UPD is using this guys website as an excuse for their behavior. “He brought a camera so he wanted to get tazed” “he set this whole thing up”, makes sense to me. “He has a website with videos on it” so therefore he wanted to get tazed. They have got to be kidding.

By: Cheyenne

Cheyenne — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:30:47 +0000

When on earth did he say FU to the police?
I don’t hear it and I’ve watched this video from three different cameras.
Also what happened the first ammendment?
What happened to our right to question the government?
Another proof of America taking away our rights.
What the cops did was justified to a point. TO A POINT.
They crossed the line.
He did not violently resist.
He resisted like any of us would.
Honestly who can say that they aren’t thinking the same things?
Or something relatively close to the same things?
He was justified in what he did.
I understand the cops were doing their jobs but they took it too far.
They caused more of a riot than he did.

By: jafeth mariani

jafeth mariani — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:00:55 +0000

ups i meant TAser not teaser sorry

By: jafeth mariani

jafeth mariani — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:00:27 +0000

i believe that that taser-use should stop. more than 200 people already died because of taser. in this video you see the policeman KILLING a man with the teaser:

http://angelsmagazine.blog.de/2007/09/20/usa_polizei_darf_toten_schock_video~3012756

By: ohigotchya

ohigotchya — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:15:15 +0000

chris, i made this video about the tasering. it’s opinionated, but really appropriate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ8DgNAmL_c

By: links for 2007-09-20 : Tama Leaver dot Net

links for 2007-09-20 : Tama Leaver dot Net — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:29:55 +0000

[...] Taser Incident Sparks Uproar [NewTeeVee] “YouTube is once again at the center of a political and cultural firestorm, as video of a University of Florida student being tasered at a Senator John Kerry speaking event is the must-see video of the moment.” (tags: youtube politics usa participatoryculture) [...]

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:23:22 +0000

"Free Speech does not include being abusive in a forum such as that"

You are incorrect. Free speech according to is corresponding amendment includes rude questioning, showboating, heckling, etc. As long as the speaker is able to continue with his speech then he is well within the law. Kerry was able and willing to continue, as you can here him saying so in the video.

Andrew Meyers was falsely arrested and he has the right resist that false arrest. In reality every student had the right to keep those police from assaulting him.

By: Joe Safety

Joe Safety — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:46:59 +0000

Goodbye Bill of Rights, Hello Police State 2007

By: bertfallen

bertfallen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:10:02 +0000

Oh he was rightfully tasered. He tries to cause an uproar which could lead to rioting and people getting injured, or possibly killed? So what just let him carry on and get away with it? The police were well within their rights.

By: Mike Ratliff

Mike Ratliff — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:57:12 +0000

The man deliberatly acted in such a way to have the police do what they did. He was showboating and wanted to happen what happend. Free Speech does not include being abusive in a forum such as that. I deplore violence, but I also deplore big mouth idiots who simply want as much attention as they can get.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:52:58 +0000

This is the vantage point of the taser incident at the Kerry speech that no one wants you to see. Check it out at http://www.thirdrailradio.com

By: ra

ra — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:50:43 +0000

It is every citizen’s duty to resist false arrest
There is no such crime as “resisting arrest.” This is a fictitious crime dreamed up by law enforcement to accuse a citizen of a crime when they refuse to surrender to the illegal demands of the police.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on numerous occasions that resisting a false arrest is not merely a citizen’s right, but his duty! In fact, the Supreme Court has gone so far as to rule that if a law enforcement officer is killed as a result of actions stemming from a citizen’s attempts to defend themselves against a false arrest, it is the fault of the officer, not the citizen.

“An illegal arrest is an assault and battery. The person so attempted to be restrained of his liberty has the same right to use force in defending himself as he would in repelling any other assault and battery.” (State v. Robinson, 145 ME. 77, 72 ATL. 260).

“Each person has the right to resist an unlawful arrest. In such a case, the person attempting the arrest stands in the position of a wrongdoer and may be resisted by the use of force, as in self- defense.” (State v. Mobley, 240 N.C. 476, 83 S.E. 2d 100).

Not one person attempted to rush to the aid of Meyer who was screaming “HELP! HELP ME!” Do individuals have the right to come to the aid of another citizens being falsely arrested? YES!

“One may come to the aid of another being unlawfully arrested, just as he may where one is being assaulted, molested, raped or kidnapped. Thus it is not an offense to liberate one from the unlawful custody of an officer, even though he may have submitted to such custody, without resistance.” (Adams v. State, 121 Ga. 16, 48 S.E. 910).

And on the issue of actually killing an arresting officer in self defense:

“Citizens may resist unlawful arrest to the point of taking an arresting officer’s life if necessary.” Plummer v. State, 136 Ind. 306. This premise was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case: John Bad Elk v. U.S., 177 U.S. 529.

http://www.newstarget.com/022041.html

By: jzjz

jzjz — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:00:15 +0000

For the record only 2 cops tried to stop him from what was an abusive speech disguised as questions. He then danced away from them like a smart assed idiot. RIGHT there he was resisting what the officers wanted. Then more cops appeared when he wasn't stopping. The cops came in after he gave a full blown, idiotic speech, rather than just ask a question or two.

Then when then had him down he still would not stop making a scene. They said "Hands behind your back" and what did he say?

He said, "FUCK YOU"

So I don't believe any of the shit people are saying about his freedom of speech being violated. He got to talk more than anyone there. People also have a right to a decent, clean and calm discussion. He was clearly trying to bash. He was asking for it when he danced around and thought he was so clever and sayd FU to the cops.

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:24:46 +0000

What I found really interesting about this video is the way I first found it. Google had embeded it directly into their Google News page. This is the first time that I have seen a YouTube video show up on Google News. As more and more events are captured on YouTube, it’s neat to see Google help legitimize citizen journalism by using video on their news site.