A student in Florida was forced to be quiet by the use of a taser gun after he asked John Kerry a couple of "annoying" questions. After asking about Skull and Bones he got dragged away by a bunch of cops, but he wouldn't be quiet so they tasered him. I think this is pretty shocking, esspecially because you can see it all happen on this video: [youtube]tCBcOQkUNjI[/youtube]
So the guy asks about the Skull and Crossbones society and ends up getting tasered? Sure he was a bit annoying but I missed the part where it said Democracy doesn't count in prescence of a senator. Rock on US police force.
At least John Kerry attempted to stop them I guess "Hey, wait a second, let me answer his question" is an attempt to stop it. They tasered him because he started to resist arrest...not because he wouldn't shut up. Even though it's still not right, he should have just let them escort him out. If I was threatened with a taser, I wouldn't fuck around with them.
The dumbass deserved it. I don't care what you're getting arrested for, and whether or not you're innocent or guilty, you don't resist and try to fight the cops. Just let them arrest you, and if you really didn't do anything, the truth will come out later. He could have just let the cops arrest him and probably not been charged with anything, but now I'm sure he has a resisting arrest charge coming his way.
Agreed. Tbh, when it comes to excessive force by police, I think a taser is the least of your worries. It's certainly better than getting your skull caved-in with a nightstick.
Yeah really, I don't think it was excessive at all. He wasn't injured or anything and he was being really aggressive with the cops. They had to do something to control him.
Maybe Captain Dumbass should of thought of that before he started to resist the cops. I'm not saying what they did was justifiable, but considering the circumstances, it could have been worse. A LOT worse.
Fucking pigs. I don't understand what is wrong with asking questions? It's fucking ridiculous. As soon as a question gets asked which may cause a problem or that the government doesn't want to hear, the pigs are onto you. I mean, the kid had the microphone infront of him when he was asking the questions, therefore he was surely allowed to ask about something? I'm guessing that all of the questions he asked are on people's minds but no one has the balls to ask them, mainly because this type of thing is allowed to happen. Fair enough, the kid probably shouldn't have resisted arrest, but I would have retaliated in a similar fashion if I was being arrested and man-handled for no fucking reason. As for the tasering, I like the way that they cut the video at the specific time that the police apparently warn him about the taser. All I can hear from the video is 'tase him' and then the guy shouting 'don't tase me bro'. I'm starting to wonder why politicians do these type of events considering that all of the questions are staged, and when they're not, this type of thing happens. Fuck the government. I feel sorry for all you Americans, somehow your freedom of speech has been eradicated. Have fun without it. Edit: I'm unsure what I find more disturbing; this, or the fact that everyone seems to believe that it could have been a lot worse. It says a lot about the American police force. You guys are a lot more fucked than I'd thought.
Sure he shouldn't have resisted the arrest but he was just trying to make a point by it. Look at how many cops there are standing over him... there was no need to taser him. @Dave: I completely agree.
Dude you wouldn't even believe some of the shit the police have done to people in this country. It's fucking unbelievable. I don't know about anybody else but I'm scared shitless of the police. Last time I checked their motto was "To Serve and Protect" not "What the Fuck Are You Looking At?" It's a sad state of affairs to be sure.
It looked like he was going to go until everyone started making noise and then that got him riled up. I'm just saying that it would have been a lot smarter for him to just go, whether or not he thought it was right. The police gave him fair warning about the taser and he continued to resist. As for all the cops, they wouldn't have been able to get him off the ground without him resisting and obviously, all the cops wouldn't have been able to hold him at the same time because there's just not enough room around one person for 10 cops to hold him. I'm not saying there were other options but I wouldn't have resisted in the first place, no matter how wrong I thought it was.
Yeah, that's true, but there still was no need to taser him... Although I don't think "Taser him!" is a warning. Then he kept yelling "No, don't, don't taser me." He was going to back down...
i dont see why they had to use Cops to get him to stop talking John could have just answered the question but steered into a different answer (like politicians usually do) then said thats all from you
I also agree with you Dedicated. Because he asked a question that is VERY embarassing for those "Big Boys".
I thought I heard the police say "We're going to taser you if you don't co-operate." but it was just the news guy that said it If you listen near the beginning you can hear John Kerry say "Wait a minute, let me answer his question" but the police didn't wait a minute. or even half a minute.