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[jennimarie]

Yesterday Senator John Kerry spoke at my alma mater, UF. He was participating in an open forum where students had the ability to question him. One student, Andrew Meyer, asked Kerry a question and while it was being answered the University Police asked him to leave. He refused. The police tasered him. (That link is to a video of the incident

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[alto2]

Holy shit. That's incredibly disturbing. Is there any more news on what grounds they had to take him? I can't see any reason for the way they treated him, certainly. My god.

[jennimarie]

I think they were going to arrest him for disturbing the peace because he skipped the question line to ask his question. But seriously how hard would it have been for them to just let Kerry answer the question then remove him PEACEFULLY. Since when is the taser the first thing we go to when someone jumps the line?