UF police cleared in "Don't Tase me Bro!" incident

[Queasy1]

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Andrew Meyer, the University of Florida student who was Tasered by campus police in September, may have staged the disturbance in an effort to disrupt the political forum at the Gainesville campus, a state police report concludes.

The report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, released Wednesday by the university, cleared UF police of wrongdoing in subduing Meyer, 21. Meyer, of Weston, was subdued with a Taser after he resisted arrest during a speech by 2004 Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John Kerry on Sept. 17.

Meyer, whose cry of ''Don't Tase me Bro'!'' made him a cause célèbre on the Internet, declined to comment Wednesday. He has been charged with disrupting a public event and resisting arrest. The state attorney's office has not yet decided whether to prosecute.

 

[jps1983]

Thank goodness. Their actions seemed very reasonable when dealing with an irrational, attention-seeking kid.

 

[briancm]

I wish one politician would answer one hard question, but he jumped up there and got to speak, he just should have taken the opportunity to shut up and leave.

"Don't tase me bro!", was just too funny. Kids, what will they think of next?

 

[NashTIDE]

These officers may be cleared of any wrong doing under Florida law but failed miserably in the court of common sense. I still say their actions that day made this a nationally known incident when it never should have been.

 

[alextupelo]

I think its pretty funny that to own a taser you have to be tased, but to own a gun you don't have to be shot.

 

[J.Will]

Did anyone have any doubt this would be the end result?

Doesn't make it right and proper, but it was inevitable.

What about the UCLA incident? That was much more vicious than the incident in Florida.

 

[Bama Torch in Pcola]

I didn't know if this would be inevitable, but I do think it was right and proper.

 

[Jack Bourbon]

I think its pretty funny that to own a taser you have to be tased, but to own a gun you don't have to be shot.

I think it would have been funny if the student said, "Don't tase me bro," and the cop said, "Ok, suit yourself," and then shot him.

 

[Tidewater]

When a police officer says, "It's time to go," the correct response is "Yes, officer," followed by immediate compliance. If the officer was wrong to force you to leave, you take it up with the ombudsman or his supervisor later. If you don't get satisfaction, bring a suit, if you think you have one.
The wrong answer is to resist arrest.

 

[bama peach]

I think it would have been funny if the student said, "Don't tase me bro," and the cop said, "Ok, suit yourself," and then shot him.

I assume that was your attempt at sick humor.

 

[ValuJet]

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[Jack Bourbon]

I assume that was your attempt at sick humor.

Yes, it was.

I'm guessing when you see an episode of "The Three Stooges," you cover your eyes in terror.

 

[It's On A Slab]

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Looks like nobody gets charged, bro.

 

[Bama Torch in Pcola]

heh, no harm no foul, I guess. I do like this quote by the kid:

"I made the decision to supersede the rules, and for that I apologize," Meyer wrote. "I should have acted calmer and obeyed the directives of the officers. If I had, none of the subsequent issues would ever have arisen."

 

[92tide]

i guess re-education camps do work after all