September
18
2007
Student tasered at John Kerry event
10:09 am —
A reader sent this into me last night about 9PM and I awake this morning to find it at the top of Drudge, YouTube and most of the major news websites.
You may remember this incident in which a UCLA student was tasered multiple times in the school library.It seems that in this case, Senator Kerry finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. He’s announced that he will not run for President in 2008, but seek another term as Massachusetts’ junior Senator. It’s going to be interesting to see how he handles this incident, especially because of his high profile but also because he’s a former district attorney.But I suppose the big question at the moment is whether the police were justified in their actions. Post your thoughts.
September 19th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Of course, this is also reminiscent of a story here locally where Sgt Myers tased four people in the county jail, was prosecuted, and found guilty.
This was covered by the DI and the Independent Media Center (ucimc.org).
BD
September 20th, 2007 at 8:43 am
To be honest… I went into to this ready to feel outraged at the security officers for the event, but the guy comes across like he wanted to be arrested. He probably didn’t intend to get tased, but he was clearly going for some kind of reaction from security.