All criminal charges against Andrew “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” Meyer have now been dropped in exchange for an apology from the 21-year old student. We guess he didn’t “incite a riot” after all, as originally charged by the police [PDF] who tasered him.
AP covers here. NYTimes covers here.
Meyer, however, remains defiant, and stands by the line of questioning that got him tased (inappropriately, in our opinion) for asking three questions of Sen. John Kerry during a recent, now-infamous, event at the University of Florida (video here).
On his website today, now that he’s out of hot water, Meyer posts a number of opinions including…
- Tasers are bad: “Tasers are not ‘non-lethal.’ Since June 2001, more than 150 people in the United States have died after being struck by tasers. I do not believe a taser should have been used on me…”
- Democracy is good: “We talk about fighting for democracy in Iraq. What about fighting for democracy at home? There is nothing more central to democracy than the right to vote, and while Americans are fighting and dying for democracy in Iraq, democracy in America is dying without a fight. America, our voting rights are being stolen from us…”
- Our elections aren’t fair: “Not only might your vote not count, but the “frontrunners” have already been decided for you. Why is anyone a “frontrunner” yet? No one has voted. … The media, which is controlled by a few men, is deciding the agenda for the entire country…”
- Forget about “Liberal” vs. “Conservative”: “The United States have been divided. The country has been split into ‘left vs. right,’ ‘Red state vs. Blue state,’ ‘CNN vs. FOX News.’ This is all false division…”
- Candidates on both sides are ignored: “The media has time all day to talk about Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan, but millions of Americans have never heard the names Mike Gravel or Ron Paul…”
- Stolen Elections: “The will of the American people was subverted in both the 2000 and 2004 elections…”
- Wake up, America: “[D]emocracy depends on a free and fair election. If we the people do not decide the elections, than we the people are not living in a democracy. The problems of 2000 and 2004 have not been fixed. In fact, they have been expanded…”
Love him or hate him, we can’t say we disagree with any of Meyer’s general points. And we won’t be issuing an apology about that.
Also not issuing apologies: Kerry and the majority of the students at the event who sat by and took no action as Meyer screamed in pain while being inappropriately tased by six police officers.
The Florida Police, however, acted appropriately according to a Florida Police review of the Florida Police actions. So we guess everything is just hunky-dory.
They should taser Ron Paul at the next debates and any Ron Paul supporter.
At the very least, send them to gitmo after Fred Thompson is elected.
http://www.fredthompsonforum.com
We know that not everything is in good working order, but this article raises another curious question: could Democracy break down into chaos even if everything was in good working order?
We still have a lot of work to do.
Brad, could you provide us with an article which gives us an overview of where the states stand with regard to electronic voting machines? Which states still use ’em? Which states dropped ’em? etc.
Will try to do so, Mark. So much to cover. And only po’ me here, by and large, to do so.
Your request has been registered however! And thanks for the input!
William
You mean you’d taser a guy who wrote this bill?
And vote for a boob who lets his daughter chomp on a diaphragm, at all, let alone on national television?
Who’d want to listen to you?
Heh, daddy? can I have a diaphragm to gnaw on?
You guys gotta read this if you haven’t yet
The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn’t Want You to Know
Good stuff from the horses mouth
What exactly is he supposed to be apologizing for?!
Linda
…for not being a good Nazi, for being a loud American instead of being a good little Nazi….
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.””¦
University police had recommended Meyer be charged with resisting arrest with violence, a felony, and disturbing the peace and interfering with school administrative functions, a misdemeanor.
His lawyer’s set up a website devoted to the case,
even though there no longer appears to be a case to speak of. You’ll find Meyer’s letters to the U of F community, the university’s president, and the police department in the sidebar. At least read that last one; I haven’t seen crap-eating like that since Ron Burgundy dined on dog chips in “Anchorman.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2007...ce-my-bad-bro/
and if he decides to disrupt another public event, like he owns the place – I say “tase him again bro!”.
As a Michelle Malkin fan, so, likely in favor of imprisoning fer’ners as well, I’m not surprised you feel that way.
If you ever need the right to speak up for your country, and get tased for it in the bargain, don’t bother sending me your sorry tale. Send it to Malkin so she can make fun of you.
I recently attended a presentation about security by the Security Department of University of Southern California (USC). I asked a question about whether USC authorizes their campus officers to use tasers, and they happily replied an emphatic “NO!” They consider these weapons as potentially lethal and they are strongly opposed to their use. That makes a parent feel much more at ease, although my child is not a likely candidate for such repressive police tactics being applied to them any way.
This saddens me the most. Meyer says: “The United States have been divided. The country has been split into ‘left vs. right,”. (and even progressive against progressive)
It’s the Mission Accomplished” by the bush mafia. Divide and conquer. Maybe because we are a younger country most don’t label themselves as a C or L. We will switch parties if we don’t like what we see. Of course lately we do have more choices. You guys really need that third party. Personally I like your Kucinich, he should run as an independent.
It would be interesting to see what the background of most of the “bobble heads” on the cooperate owned media is. Where did they find them? Are they from Pat Robertson’s school of journalism?
… as Brad says it’s not about left and right, it’s about right and wrong.
Don’t apologize Meyer. Stick to your principles.
Anyone who quotes from Malkin’s site is full of hot air , IMO 🙂
Bone chilling. Meyer’s “apology” is even creepier than the original tasering incident. It has the stench of the forced confessions during the Soviet show trials of the 1930s.
how to educate Fred “shithead” Thompson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXevDajb2lo
I agree with this guy’s point of view, but he’s no fucking Rosa Parks. Go back to your dorm room and take another beer bong you drama queen jack off. Your not doing anybody any favors, you’re just an embarassment. Suck my dick.
Nice work Mark VZ #15….and when exactly did you stick your neck out for democracy? Seems to me we could use a few more Meyers in this failing state of ours, and I think the “Don’t tase me bro” was entirely appropriate, not at all “drama” – Christ, I’d say the same if the jackboots came after me with that death machine.
And I’m in agreement with Linda #6 – Just what the hell did he have to apologize for??
I hope the UF Police get sued for excessive force.
Check out this new article on MSNBC:
http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com...31/441568.aspx
Apparently the MSM is trying to use its Jedi mind trick to get us to believe that a different camera angle told a different story. I watched it all and it all said the same thing: POLICE STATE. They arrested him for inciting a riot. Ummm…I didn’t see any rioting, other than the police. Did you see the policeman with the gray mustache…”tase him, tase him” while they were sitting on top of him. And how about the Bill O’Reilly-esque “cut the mike” ploy to squash informed dissent.
Really, anyone who doesn’t get how indicative this is of where this country is headed…well, I guess they deserve what’s coming. And Kerry? After his performance…”er, I think if we all calm down, then the situation will calm down” maybe we are better off without him in office. Hell no, scream your head off, “now we see the violence inherent in the system. Help help I’m being repressed.” Kerry: “Bloody peasants.”
Jason
http://www.Call4Democracy.org