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Student tasered

Much has been made of the tasering of an interruptive student who was not going to exit the auditorium quietly when asked to stop speaking. Here are two videos of the incident:



Notice how he speaks of a book and when Senator Kerry comments that he owns and has read the book, the student continues to speak his mind on the subject. When asked to leave he states he is staying to hear the answer and begins to resist the officers. Clearly he is not leaving without a struggle and at times it does seem like the crowd feels he should not only stay but be able to speak his mind freely.



Here is more of the aftermath of the tasering. I'm sure the initial jolt from the non-lethal device stung because the student immediately calms down. But notice a few moments later he is again resisting the officers commands, demanding to be released, not cooperating with details like him name, and commenting that the government is going to kill him. The student makes one comment of interest at about 44 seconds left, he states he was at "the protest" and then corrects himself calling it the John Kerry rally. Sounds like he [and others] were planning an event all along.

Sadly this is an example of one of the problems with higher learning facilities. They teach the students things like freedom of speech means saying anything you want when you want without repercussions. Int he real world, that doesn't quite hold true. I can not say things about my employer, elected government officials [notably death threats] or the average Joe on the street without some repercussion which could range from losing my job, being arrested or getting a smack in the face. Hopefully our future leaders of tomorrow will learn that outside the cozy confines of academia, words have consequences.

posted by TheWino @ 9:02 AM