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Old 18-09-2007, 23:01   #21 (permalink)

 
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They didn't taser him for asking questions, they asked him a few times to sit down and stop asking the questions, which he didn't do, and he got ample warning. He got tasered for struggling.
they had no right to interfere with his questions in the first place. as chris posted he was removed for supposedly 'inciting a riot', plainly bullshit, not hogging the microphone. he was completely restrained when he was tasered... besides one guy struggling shouldn't be a problem to half a dozen police officers. if it was they shouldn't be allowed to do that job, let alone carry fucking weapons. this 'struggling' largely consisted of removing his arms from the grip of the officers and saying 'what am i being arrested for' and similar. he hasn't 'swung for' anyone.
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they asked him a few times to sit down and stop asking the questions
Freedom of fucking speech!

And the guy was throwing his arms in the air, reinforcing to bystanders that he was being physically passive. The police shouldn't have had their hands on him in the first place.
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Old 19-09-2007, 11:03   #23 (permalink)

 
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Meh. I was just in a bad mood last night. I don't really care.
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Old 19-09-2007, 11:48   #24 (permalink)
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Meh. I was just in a bad mood last night. I don't really care.

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YouTube - police brutality - go skateboarding day: cop vs skaters

this is worse.
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Old 19-09-2007, 12:00   #26 (permalink)
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That is shocking.....what kind of world do we live in where helpful police officers are not allowed to beat the living tar out of those skateboarding rodents?

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Here's an article about the incident. NB the piece about the Harry Potter spoiler - is this "kid" your role model Stripey?

Police taser serial prankster at Kerry speech | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
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now, THIS is the way to make an arrest:

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Are you kidding Dave? Seriously? The guy asked fairly legitimate questions, if slightly awkward and Kerry is clearly heard saying he wanted to answer them. He's a long way from Peter bloody Dow anyway. Arresting him, throwing him to the floor and then tazering him because he asked questions is blatantly over the top.

"Inciting a riot" what a fucking joke.
Actually, after reading up on Meyer's background and similar stunts he's pulled in the past, I've completely lost any sympathy I had for him. That's not to say I agree with what the police did. Their first action should have been to grab the camera that was filming proceedings (property; A. Meyer) and he would have been meek as a lamb from then on.

A publicity seeking show off with lunatic political views and a penchant for spectacle over substance. And so is Andrew Meyer.
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