The Rude Pudit gets it. The UF Tasering and the Right to Be an Asshole

[warrior1]

A few observations from watching three different videos of the tasering of Andrew Meyer at the University of Florida:
1. Meyer asks two reasonable questions and one tin-foil hat one. The campus cops grab him as he is passionately, but not crazily, finishing his third question.

2. The cops are rough with Meyer from the moment they touch him. And at least part of the crowd cheers the cops.

3. The speaker, John Kerry, an actual, you know, Senator, says he wants to answer Meyer's questions.

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[liberalmuse]

1. Hooray for Rude Pundit.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

He's absolutely spot on.

[eleny]

2. Yup

Recommended

[lateo]

3. Foaming at the mouth Kerry supporters in 3...2...1...

[Cha]

5. It's not about Kerry...

Kerry was fine..it's about tasing at the drop of a police hat.

[lateo]

14. Kerry was not fine...

He caved in the face of this kid being arrested illegally. Just like he caved in 2004 and screwed all the people who voted for him.

[Cha]

4. Once again I agree with Rude! He

usually makes me laugh my head off and not get all teary eyed. :cry:

"Instead, though, the moderator walked over to take the microphone away, security started heading towards him, and a confrontation seemed imminent. The Rude Pundit even wondered if he should fight or flee, tensing up for being grabbed. Luckily, campus cops didn't have Tasers back then. Luckily, Hentoff, an old hand at these kinds of things, intervened and answered for Meese. Out of his deep respect and admiration for the Village Voice writer, the Rude Pundit sat back down."

[BlooInBloo]

6. Maybe cops should be lobotomized before being issued weapons. Fucking cops.

[Lilith Velkor]

16. Apparently, they already are. That's the problem.

[hootinholler]

7. All hail the rude one! n/t

[n2doc]

8. Spot on

And we have our own "cheering for the taser" group here at DU, don't we?

[screembloodymurder]

11. Assholes, we all have em, eh?

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[lateo]

12. Yes we do.

Sad isn't it?

[progressoid]

9. "The cops are rough with Meyer from the moment they touch him"?

?huh?

Yeah, that smaller female cop and the shorter, chubby cop really man-handled him from the start. :crazy:

The rough stuff came later, came later Rude Pundit.

[screembloodymurder]

10. He may be an asshole, but he was leaving and broke no law.

Tasering was not justified.

[lateo]

13. Yes but...

He is an asshole, has a website to promote, a book to sell, an ax to grind, and some sort of nebulous point to make. So let's get a rope and hang him.

I really wish people would stop talking about the sideshow he became and start asking why Kerry still hasn't answered his question about the 2004 election.

[mudesi]

15. The authoritarians here make me sick

Rev. Yearwood breaks no law, gets roughed up.

Someone at Circuit City breaks no law, is detained by a privately run corporation.

Now this person breaks no law, gets tasered.


It is utterly irrelevant whether these people were "resisting arrest" or any other such nonsense. The so called "authorities" had no right to physically handle, detain, or arrest them.

Period!

[stranger81]

17. Spot on and perfectly said. Nothing to add to that (except that

the authoritarians here are also freaking me out in a HUGH way) . . . . know what I mean?