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Originally Posted by honeychile
I'm a bit surprised that no one has posted this before. The story is here.
The bottom line is that there was a question and answer forum, and FSU student Andrew Meyer had gone over his time limit. The police stepped in, an argument ensued, and he was tasered & arrested.
Granted, he was over his time limit, but I've never seen such a curtail of free speech before in my life! |
Uh, did you watch the video?
It was clear that he wasn't interested in asking a question at all, and was using the mic as his own podium. He was properly shut down, then removed when he made a scene. I have no problems with that - this isn't a "free speech" issue at all, really, and to portray it as such really smacks of being inflammatory or reactionist.
The only real issue should be whether the kid should have been hit with a taser - that's an issue of use of force, unrelated to speech at all. We don't have nearly enough information to determine whether the force was excessive - the video is heavily edited, gives no indication of whether he is struggling, and only shows that he was not subdued or cooperating at all . . . draw your own conclusions there, but don't act like this was Tiananmen Square or firehoses at Kent State. Jesus Christ.
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