UF student Tasered after questioning John Kerry

Indeed.

I think "Don't tase me, bro" is the new "Boom, goes the dynamite."

 

And you seem to have done plenty to convince us that Mr. Meyer is a tool who did this entire thing to draw attention to himself, and that his attention whore tendencies are evident, yet you're still totally cool with him getting tasered. Call me crazy, but I'm not in favor of tasering people in this country for being attention whore assholes. So which is it? Was he a douche bag who wanted to make a scene to make himself famous, or a violent criminal who could have snapped at any moment?

Mods, someone is annoying me over on the Anything Goes board. Can I have Ragu taser his ass? The thought police suspect he's about to commit a cybercrime. He's been warned three times! If we don't act now, he could post a picture of a parrot balancing on a man's penis at any second. [/oldSportsJournalists.comjoke]

 

Pain-compliance is torture on the spot.

 

DD, what part of the phrase "resisting arrest" escapes you?

 

Truthfully, the kid seemed more shocked at the way the cops were acting than resisting arrest, which really is a catch-all charge that can be used when nothing else would stick.

If that's the best charge a cop has, he doesn't have much.

 

You might be posting too soon. The cops are on their way to inspecting this young lad's lawn...

 

If I had to pin it down, TB, I'd say it's the part where "resisting arrest" is used to justify the phrase "excessive force," giving the campus police carte blanche to shoot 300 volts of electricity into someone.

 

I would surmise that with the video, the cops have an awful lot.

 

old_t,

I would bet precious few people ever go before a jury charged only with resisting arrest.

 

Twoback, what part of the phrase "excessive force" escapes you?

 

My apologies for a messed up post. I didn't intend to post the jury remark and then deleted it quickly, but apparently you saw it and answered it in the quick time frame.

To clear up and not make Ace look like he's answering a nonexistent point, I also told him he's welcome to try his "If that's the best charge a cop has, he doesn't have much" argument in front of judge or jury. I still believe that's a salient point, but I do agree with you, Ace, that most such cases rarely see a jury. But an awful lot of them do see a judge.

 

COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM!