Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
***A note from me, your friendly supportNORML webmaster... I know this has little to do with Marijuana reform, but honestly it disgusts me to watch this tape and see what happens to this student... and watch as NO ONE DOES ANYTHING to help him!! Anyone who was there should be ashamed of themselves for allowing a fellow student to be brought to the ground and tasered several times for doing nothing even close to violent! I believe this topic is slightly relevant because as you will read, this is not a rare occurance... it is common for people to witness a crime and do nothing to help the victim. COME ON PEOPLE! End of rant... read on***
A message from: Outgrow Big Bro ©
Date: Sep 19, 2007 12:32 PM
I am reposting this bulletin, because people need to know this information.
I am soooo disappointed in the onlooking students that watched as their fellow student was assaulted by an armed gang of uniforms with a taser, as he pleaded for help from someone.
One thing for certain, had I been there, or anyone I know, for that matter, I would be using force against these pigs to help out my fellow man.
It's cliche, but it's not cliche enough to say that the gov't should fear the people rather than vice versa.
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What you have just witnessed in this video is an authentic scene of police state brutality. The video clearly shows that:
â?¢ Meyer was assaulted by six officers, thrown to the ground and attacked with a violent weapon.
â?¢ Meyer volunteered to leave the room if the officers would let him go.
â?¢ Meyer did not strike any officer at any time. His hands were always in a defensive position.
â?¢ Meyer attempted to flee his assailants (as any rational person would).
â?¢ Meyer committed no crime whatsoever. At no point did any law enforcement officer accuse Meyer of committing any crime other than "resisting arrest" (which is not a crime when the arrest is illegal in the first place, see below).
â?¢ Meyer was arrested for merely exercising his Free Speech rights.
It is every citizen's duty to resist false arrest
There is no such crime as "resisting arrest." This is a fictitious crime dreamed up by law enforcement to accuse a citizen of a crime when they refuse to surrender to the illegal demands of the police.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on numerous occasions that resisting a false arrest is not merely a citizen's right, but his duty! In fact, the Supreme Court has gone so far as to rule that if a law enforcement officer is killed as a result of actions stemming from a citizen's attempts to defend themselves against a false arrest, it is the fault of the officer, not the citizen.
Here's a short collection of relevant court rulings on false arrest and resisting arrest:
"When a person, being without fault, is in a place where he has a right to be, is violently assaulted, he may, without retreating, repel by force, and if, in the reasonable exercise of his right of self defense, his assailant is killed, he is justified." Runyan v. State, 57 Ind. 80; Miller v. State, 74 Ind. 1.
"These principles apply as well to an officer attempting to make an arrest, who abuses his authority and transcends the bounds thereof by the use of unnecessary force and violence, as they do to a private individual who unlawfully uses such force and violence." Jones v. State, 26 Tex. App. I; Beaverts v. State, 4 Tex. App. 1 75; Skidmore v. State, 43 Tex. 93, 903.
"An illegal arrest is an assault and battery. The person so attempted to be restrained of his liberty has the same right to use force in defending himself as he would in repelling any other assault and battery." (State v. Robinson, 145 ME. 77, 72 ATL. 260).
In other words, Andrew Meyer would have been justified in using whatever reasonable means necessary to defend his life against his assailants. The gang of six individuals who assaulted Meyer, regardless of what clothing and badges they were wearing, were threatening his safety and his life. They assaulted him with a dangerous and potentially deadly weapon, and they kidnapped him by forcefully removing him from the room against his will.
Was Meyer being annoying to others by taking up air time at the microphone? Perhaps so. But being annoying is not a crime. If it were, John Kerry, President Bush and practically elected official in the country should be arrested. They're all far more annoying than Meyer.
Additional information from the courts:
"Each person has the right to resist an unlawful arrest. In such a case, the person attempting the arrest stands in the position of a wrongdoer and may be resisted by the use of force, as in self- defense." (State v. Mobley, 240 N.C. 476, 83 S.E. 2d 100).
Why did the bystanders not assist Meyer?
The most astonishing thing about this video is not merely the fact that six police officers brutally assaulted and arrested Meyer for his "Free Speech crimes," but that this room full of onlookers did nothing while Meyer screamed for help. (YES!!!WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?)
In 1964, a New York resident named Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death, screaming for help, while hundreds of her neighbors watched and did nothing. No one called the police. The case of Kitty Genovese became a lightning rod for psychological research that attempted to understand the madness of crowds and why a group of people would do nothing to help an innocent bystander.
(Elaine: This happened to me some years ago in a hotel, when I was being chased by an ex-boyfriend trying to assault me!!! It was one of the scariest times in my life as I screamed at the top of my lungs for someone to help me. Doors opened and closed just as quickly, but NOT ONE person came to my rescue!! I couldn't believe it!!)
Today, in Florida, a room full of fellow students looked on and did nothing while their classmate, Andrew Meyer, was brutally attacked by an armed gang, right on the floor in front of them. They watched and did nothing. Not one person attempted to rush to the aid of Meyer who was screaming "HELP! HELP ME!"
Do individuals have the right to come to the aid of another citizens being falsely arrested? You bet they do. As another court case ruled:
"One may come to the aid of another being unlawfully arrested, just as he may where one is being assaulted, molested, raped or kidnapped. Thus it is not an offense to liberate one from the unlawful custody of an officer, even though he may have submitted to such custody, without resistance." (Adams v. State, 121 Ga. 16, 48 S.E. 910).
And on the issue of actually killing an arresting officer in self defense:
"Citizens may resist unlawful arrest to the point of taking an arresting officer's life if necessary." Plummer v. State, 136 Ind. 306. This premise was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case: John Bad Elk v. U.S., 177 U.S. 529.
Why onlookers did nothing
The sad fact of this matter is that the onlookers did nothing because Americans have been terrorized by their own government to fear authority and follow orders. Americans fear their government. That alone is a dangerous situation, since the balance of power in a free society actually depends on a government fearing the people!
When the people fear their government, that government has complete power over the people. And our government in particular has used fear as a weapon of mass terror against the American people for several decades now. The U.S. government now has Americans so scared of fictitious threats that the citizens have submitted to the most insane security processes, such as surrendering bottles of water at the airport before boarding an airplane, or submitting to random searches of vehicles at roadside checkpoints.
In this particular video, we are watching a group of terrorized onlookers sit in their chairs and do nothing while a fellow citizen is arrested and assaulted for committing no crime. If all this sounds familiar, it should: You probably read it in the novel 1984 by George Orwell.
In a police state society, the citizens are turned against each other. Each looks out for only his own survival, ignoring cries for help by fellow citizens who are being assaulted or killed by the state-run police forces. No one comes to the aid of another because they, too, would then be arrested for "resisting arrest" and charged with some bogus crime (or simply locked away and "disappeared").
Don't think this could happen in the USA? You just watched it happen. You are witnessing the reaction of a nation of citizens who live in fear. There is no more rational reaction to police brutality in this country. Everyone simply watches it, tolerates it, and says nothing.
From this point there is no limit to the degree of police powers abuse that can now be perpetrated against the citizens of this nation. The sheeple have surrendered to fear and submitted to the false authority of so-called "law enforcement" gangs who actually have no respect whatsoever for laws.
Andrew Meyer deserves to be seen as a hero for his courageous actions in the face of police brutality and complete abandonment by his fellow students. His video serves as a powerful reminder that the citizens of this nation have already lost their freedoms, and if they do not wake up and start to protest, exercise free speech and fight against police brutality, they will never regain the rights and freedoms that once existed in this nation.
It is no coincidence that the police made an example of Andrew Meyer
One more thing worth remembering here: In a police state society, the state must, from time to time, remind the citizens who's in charge. This incident serves as a powerful reminder to those who might dare to exercise their Free Speech rights and ask tough questions of Senators or Presidents: Those who refuse to follow the propaganda will be assaulted and arrested!
The wild popularity of this video on YouTube only serves to remind millions of viewers of what might happen to them if they, too, decide to speak out and actually tell the truth at a public gathering.
Remember, the first rule of tyranny is that you've got to stop people from speaking the truth. The second rule is to punish anyone who dares to speak the truth, and the third rule is to make sure the people don't help each other resist false authority.
You saw all three rules played in in today's YouTube video. Watch it again at: YouTube - University of Florida student Tasered at Kerry forum
Thankfully, we're not yet in a full-on police state, or else you wouldn't be able to read this article. We still have some time to reverse this situation and take back our freedoms. I encourage you to do so in every non-violent way possible. Speak out! Protest! Tell the truth in an auditorium! Refuse to remain silent. Refuse to submit to fear and false authority.
Remember: The only way to protect Free Speech is to exercise it. Use it or lose it.
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Police state USA: Student assaulted and tasered by police for asking John Kerry the wrong question
Andrew MeyerPolice state USA:
Student assaulted and tasered by police for asking John Kerry the wrong question
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 by: Mike Adams
Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old student at the University of Florida, was assaulted by police officers yesterday immediately after asking Sen. John Kerry if he was associated with the Skull and Bones Society. Uniformed police officers brutally assaulted Meyer with a taser, jolting him with tens of thousands of volts of electricity as he screamed, "Help! Help me!" to a room full of astonished onlookers. The mainstream media is censoring the truth of this story, refusing to report the nature of the question asked by Meyer immediately preceding his brutal arrest and kidnapping (see below) by assaulting police officers.
A video of the event, filmed by Kyle Mitchell, is making the rounds on the internet and is available now at YouTube.com: YouTube - University of Florida student Tasered at Kerry forum
The two-minute video shows officers grabbing Meyer's arms, throwing him to the ground and then, after Meyer is already secured on the ground, blasting him with a taser.
Here's a blow-by-blow account of what happens in the video. All dialog below is from Andrew Meyer:
Meyer is at the microphone, asking Sen. John Kerry a question. Police are standing behind him. "Are you a member of Skull and Bones... are you in the same secret society?"
Two uniformed police officers step forward and grab his arms.
"Excuse me, what are you arresting me for?"
Officers are holding his arms and begin to march him away from the microphone.
"Woah, woah! Is anybody watching this?"
Meyer holds his arms in the air, is shouting something to the audience to get them to pay attention. The audio is difficult to hear. At no point is he fighting the officers or striking them in any way. He is merely holding his arms in the air and attempting to stand his ground and be heard.
A large uniformed officer forcefully picks him up by his torso and begins to carry him away from the room down the center aisle.
"Help! Help! They're arresting me! What have I done?"
When Meyer reaches the back of the room, he does what any rational human being would attempt to do when assaulted by someone: He attempts to flee.
"Get away from me, man. Get off of me!"
He tries to run but is grabbed by officers and thrown to the ground. The number of officers now assaulting Meyer is six: Four white males, one white female and one black male.
"What did I do? HELP! HELP!"
The six officers pin his arms and legs to the ground and pull out handcuffs.
"HELP ME! HELP! They're arresting me!"
The female officer, with her finger pointed at him, screams at him, "Stop resisting!"
He relaxes a bit and says, "If you let me go, I'll walk out of here."
The female officer says, "Quiet down! Do it now!"
Then the officers forcefully turn him over and thrust his torso to the ground so that he's laying flat on his stomach, with his face on the floor.
"Why are they arresting me? Can someone do something here?"
"What did I do? Get off me, man! I didn't do anything!"
He tries to sit up, using his arm to grasp the edge of a seat and pull himself up. An officer pulls out a taser.
"Don't tase me bro! Don't tase me!"
The officer tasers the student, and the taser clicking is clearly heard on the video.
"OWWW! OWWW! OWWW!"
Another girl is heard screaming in the background (unknown at this time who it is).
"OWWW! OH MY GOD! WHAT DID I DO?"
Someone screams in the background, "Police brutality!"
Someone in the foreground (bearded man) says, "Stay back!"
Police escort Meyer out of the room and the video ends.
I'm with them on this one, absolutely unnecessary..going to make him leave for asking what he wanted to ask? no, they're not going to arrest me for that b/s..I would've done the same thing
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
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Originally Posted by Markass
Why onlookers did nothing
The sad fact of this matter is that the onlookers did nothing because Americans have been terrorized by their own government to fear authority and follow orders. Americans fear their government. That alone is a dangerous situation, since the balance of power in a free society actually depends on a government fearing the people!
Precisely, I would never DREAM of putting my hands on an officer in a violent way no matter what kind of illegal/legal force he is using on me because I know my life would be in immediate danger. This guy had every right to resist and even FIGHT BACK, but imagine what would have happened if he fought back... surely they wouldn't outright shoot him, but I could imagine multiple tazers and possible death (which is entirely possible and has happeened plenty of times with multiple tazers).
If you have no intentions of sticking up for your citizens please GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
The guy butted his way to the front of the line because he didn't believe he would be able to get to the front in time for his question. This is why the police was flanking him(notice how they didn't arrest him yet or even ask him to leave, I'd call that pretty lenient). Then he goes on to ask 4 questions
"How could you concede?"
"Didn't you wanna be president?"
"Why didn't you say, 'Impeach Bush!'?"
"Were you a member of skull and bones?"
Thats 4 questions asked in his OVER A MINUTE RANT! Now how would you feel if you were the person in the back of the line and just got butted? You would probably just suck it up because its only one question! Oh wait, he gave 4 questions. How is that fair to his fellow man, I mean its so obvious that Meyer's multiple questions are so much more important then all the people he butted.
Now comes the fun part! They police have a job to do and were told to escort the man out. They grab the guy and try to lead him out the door. Now they weren't arresting him yet! They didn't have a kung-fu grip on him obviously because he slipped right out and in doing so it became a disturbance of the peace and resisting an officer. Another officer comes and tries to take push out and Meyer yet AGAIN pulls alway from the officer . The officers and Meyer end up on the ground and he still is resisting when they tell him to roll on his stomach and put his arms around his back. Now they could try to pull him out again. They could wrestle his arms behind him and risk injury. They could of just whipped out the good o'l Baton and beat him him in to submission. Instead they did the right thing and tazed him(note they did not have him hand cuffed at that point). Obviously it worked because they were able to hand cuff the fella and if you guys have seen the video of after they left the hall he was acting fine.
Reports say that he was light hearted and happy in the police car even going on to say, "I am not mad at you guys, you didn't do anything wrong, you were just doing your job."
Now who is really at fault here? The cops for doing their job? Meyer for starting a ruckus and not leaving the event peacefully?
Now my biggest complaint is the incomplete videos circulating and getting the most press!
Now I'm gonna list some of the videos
UF Police Taser Student During Kerry Forum
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This one seems to cut off at some points but is one of the best. Notice how they are about to get his other hand in the cuffs when he starts fighting again?
NEW VIDEO: University of Florida Taser Incident
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Whats up with the cut offs in some of these. There used to be a lot of good ones on youtube but they keep disappearing. None the less this shows the aftermath. Looks like the taser worked. He seems to be calming down and not as resistant.
YouTube - University of Florida Student Tasered at John Kerry Speech
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This is one of my favorites. Its not full but gives viewer comments. If you noticed at 3:14 he is using his other hand on the chair as leverage resisting even more.
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
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Originally Posted by jakez
Precisely, I would never DREAM of putting my hands on an officer in a violent way no matter what kind of illegal/legal force he is using on me because I know my life would be in immediate danger. This guy had every right to resist and even FIGHT BACK, but imagine what would have happened if he fought back... surely they wouldn't outright shoot him, but I could imagine multiple tazers and possible death (which is entirely possible and has happeened plenty of times with multiple tazers).
If you have no intentions of sticking up for your citizens please GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!
So you people think that all the students should have assaulted the cops during this event? Sure, get put up on charges, probably expelled from College........just so some assclown has his way. LMAO!
Besides that, there were students that were also sick and tired of his rant.........
Have a good one!:s4:
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
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Originally Posted by ntcrawler
I mean its so obvious that Meyer's multiple questions are so much more important then all the people he butted.
Agreed.
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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
So you people think that all the students should have assaulted the cops during this event? Sure, get put up on charges, probably expelled from College........just so some assclown has his way. LMAO!
Sucks it has to be that way doesn't it.. don't you see that is the problem? The students are not allowed/able to help him.
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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Besides that, there were students that were also sick and tired of his rant.........
Yeah, people like you, have you EVER took notice that "our (crazy liberal nutjobs)" questions NEVER get asked or answered? I didn't think so..
Here something you might have missed, notice the female officer interrupts him before he even asks any questions at all. And out of all the videos I never saw him butt infront of anyone in a line, but I'll take everyones word for it...
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
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Originally Posted by jakez
Sucks it has to be that way doesn't it.. don't you see that is the problem? The students are not allowed/able to help him.
I don't get where your coming from here. Security is in place to keep order and your stating that the people should have the "right" to attack them? Get serious! WHERE in the world is this allowed?
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Originally Posted by jakez
Yeah, people like you, have you EVER took notice that "our (crazy liberal nutjobs)" questions NEVER get asked or answered? I didn't think so..
You have speakers like this for a limited amount of time. If one person hogs the time hell yeah...."people like me" get irritated.
Have a good one!:s4:
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
Haha this dude armed with a paperback book and surrounded by cops ready to silence him before he even speaks and then is overwhelmed by them all and taken to the ground and tazered for what? And people have no problem with that and even think it was right, that is hilarious...
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
Yeah you obviously don't understand where I'm coming from and that sucks for you and the rest of us. I know if I went to an event like this to have my voice heard and I'm swarmed by cops (not just 1 or 2) I would have done the same thing. The only thing I've HEARD done wrong was that he butt infront of some people, which they could have just cut his Mic off and told him to get back in line, but they obviously already had their mind set on arresting him. And the whole "resisting arrest" b/s is void because he should have never been arrested in the first place. I know it takes a second to process it through your narrow brain but maybe you will get it one day..
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
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Originally Posted by jakez
Yeah you obviously don't understand where I'm coming from and that sucks for you and the rest of us. I know if I went to an event like this to have my voice heard and I'm swarmed by cops (not just 1 or 2) I would have done the same thing.
And likewise, if you sat at the microphone and babbled to the point that they shut it off, then after fighting the cops you got tazed.....I'd say I'd be having a humorous evening. :D
Have a good one!:s4:
Leftist Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
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Have a good one!:s4:
