Taser Used on University of Florida Student

Chillingly, right out of Orwell’s “1984″.

I think the tasing part was uncalled for. The dude was unarmed, and just asking a question. In the video didn’t threaten anyone just making a point.

Police on leave with pay until the investigation is completed… if you ask me, they should be suspended without pay. Doing one job is one thing, but this kid was just asking a few questions.

So much for freedom of speech. I guess its one reason why I never liked events like these at school.

The taser incident involving the UF student and their campus security was very disturbing. It is difficult to correctly assess fault in this incident because of key missing details; for instance did the student violate the open forum rules for this political discussion thereby warranting his removal from the microphone? If he did violate the rules then the security team was justified in its action to remove him. The students refusal to comply then leaves the security team little choice but to use appropriate force to remove the sudent. I will say that I don’t agree with tasing a student unless the student places the security team or others in a life threatening situation. Therefore based on what I observed in the clip I don’t believe this was a life threatening situation and therefore in my opinion did warrant the use of the taser.

From what I have read, Andrew Meyer came to this event with the intention of causing a disturbance. The event staff wanted him gone and he was asked to leave. He refused to do so and began to violently resist the police. His resistance escalated and a taser was deployed. The fact that he was unarmed has absolutely no bearing on taser use. If he were armed, then firearms would been deployed.

The guy wanted to cause a problem and got his wish. If he thinks he was handled poorly, he should be eternally grateful that it wasn’t the secret service conducting security for this event.

First of all that kid is nothing more than a spoiled, disrespectful little snot. The officers were lawfully attempting to escort him out for disrupting the meeting. But no, he wanted answers now, began flalling his arms, and yelling. Now his actions, I repeat, his actions put him in the arrest situation. He did not succumb to the officers demands to place his hands behind his back. They had every right to use the intermediate tazer weapon to bring that whining jackass under control. His parents obviously nevver taught the kid how to respect authority. Now he will file another frivolous lawsuit wasting taxpayer money. He should be expelled from the university. Those officers did nothing wrong during that confrontation and should not be disciplined or sanctioned in any way.

and by the way, the taser is not used in response to deadly force. It is an intermediate weapon used to gain control of violent suspects who resist arrest. Police forces around the country carry them nowadays and utilize them rather than get into a brawl with a subject which would cause more serious bodily injury. It’s a safe and efficient way to deal with the Andrew Meyer’s of the world. Deadly force is met with the firearm. Nothing says the police have to stand there and get into a brawl with a subject. All you tree hugging liberals saying, “Tazing that kid was excessive force” have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Those of you who think tasers are only suitable for life threatening situations are way wrong. Guns are used on suspects who exhibit life threatening situations. Batons are in order to subdue a suspect who is resisting arrest. Standing still and not doing anything is resisting. Flailing about and hitting officers is resisting with violence. Would you have rather seen the officers striking this student in large muscle areas with a baton? or would you rather the student tasered which causes the least amount of sustainable wounds? There are a few small needle pricks and a large amount of non-life threatening electricity. Those of you who are not trained as a taser operator like me, and only have heard rumors about tasers can not have an opinion. I haven’t even seen the video, I am making this response based on your statements. I’ve taserd individuals as well as used an expandable baton. Taser wins by leaps and bounds and is more effective. There is less chance of an injury to the officers involved and the suspect.
Go to a taser training then come make all the posts you want!

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