University of Florida Student Tasered, Arrested During John Kerry Forum

Monday, September 17, 2007


Sept. 17: Student Andrew Meyer struggles with University Police trying to remove him from a question and answer session with Sen. John Kerry.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested Monday when he attempted to speak at a forum with U.S. Sen. John Kerry during a question and answer session, university officials said.

Andrew Meyer, 21, asked Kerry why he did not contest the 2004 presidential election, which he lost to President Bush, and why there had been no moves to impeach Bush.

"He apparently asked several questions — he went on for quite awhile — then he was asked to stop," university spokesman Steve Orlando said. "He had used his allotted time. His microphone was cut off then he became upset."

While as many as four police officers tried to remove Meyer from the forum, he yelled for help and asked "What did I do?" Minutes after Meyer started speaking, he was Tasered.

Meyer was charged with resisting an officer and disturbing the peace, according to Alachua County jail records. No bond had been set. Meyer was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning, a jail official said.

Orlando said university police would conduct an internal investigation on the incident.

"The police department does have a standard procedure for when they use force, including when they use a Taser," Orlando said. "That is what the internal investigation would address — whether the proper procedures were followed, whether the officers acted appropriately."

The event was sponsored by the UF student government speaker's bureau, according to a news release. A telephone message left at the speaker's bureau office was not immediately returned Monday evening.

It was not known if Meyer had an attorney.

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Andrew's mistake was not claiming to be an illegal alien since they can not be tasered in many jails.

America is imploding from within.

While TV news spoon feeds us another round of OJ Simpson - Congress is giving away America, George Bush is racing to attack Iran, our civil liberties are eroding ... the national debt teeters on insanity .... our borders and ports are wide open .... we no longer manufacture the goods we buy .... illegals receive more benefits than Americans .... and leading presidential candidates are nothing more than elitist - corporate, lobby backed sell-outs.

We are in desperate need of down-sizing the US Government and reducing Presidential powers. Equally important, we need to slash taxes to the bone so as to defang those who claim to represent us. The less money our government receives, the less damage it can do. It's time for Americans to take back America. (Now I will get off of my soap box and fight the Dream Act)


Lou Dobbs, where are you when we need you the most!