Weird news of the day
I saw this headline on CNN today-- it's a video clip. Just from the title it's like--- SERIOUSLY?
Man puts rattlesnake in mouth, gets bitten
WHAT!?!?!?!?
I loaded the clip and started watching but had to turn it off--couldn't even get to the snake-in-mouth part. Some people should just be stopped from reproducing. If you think putting a rattlesnake in your mouth is a good idea-- you SHOULD be bitten.
Then this story was truly appalling.
Student Tasered at campus forum
This was harder to watch than the snake clip. I felt literally SICK to my stomach. I am pretty sure if I met this guy (Andrew Meyer) in real life, he'd annoy the shit out of me. However-- in this country you have a right to ask your questions. This was an open forum! I saw the video this morning and it has stayed with me all day at work! It's just really disturbing.
I've been searching on facebook and found some groups about this. Some are in support of Meyer and some not. I wasn't at this event so I don't know if there was more to this situation than I'm seeing, but it seems like the police were way out of line. And it's so scary to see this video of this kid being tasered and screaming for help and everyone just standing there.
One commenter on CNN.com said it great:
It has been a long time since my heart started pumping while watching a video, but this one made it happen. This student had every right to ask the questions that he asked, whether we agree with him or not. He was, as far as I and others can see, not told why he was being arrested. He was manhandled even after he offered to leave the room. He was tasered for resisting arrest, sure- but why exactly was he being arrested? Shouldn't we all resist arrest when our rights are being violated? Should we lie down and allow ourselves to be taken away when we KNOW that in doing so, we are allowing our constitutional rights to wither away?
The most horrible part of this, I think, is the reaction of the student body and of Kerry. Pithy little jokes as a student is being hauled away from the mic and pushed to the floor? Giggles from students as they stare and grin? At least we can hear a few people in the background protesting the police treatment of Andrew. Whether you are Democrat or Republican, you have to agree: This is our country now people. Don't you love it?
See scary clip here:
After that you need something good to watch. WORD TO WANDA SYKES!!!
posted by Tobes @ 10:27 AM
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2 Comments:
I watched a few videos of the tasering thing too and I totally agree with you that it looks really scary and seems way out of line. Something that wouldn't happen in this country, one would hope. A couple of the officers involved were put on leave, but I think they deserve worse than that. You're right though, there might be something we didn't see, like some disturbance he was causing, but it seems really unlikely that previous events would account for what we saw.
I actually hadn't watched this until today (i saw enough of it on the news) and I'm appalled all over again. John Kerry was saying, "I'll answer his question, it's okay." And they arrested him anyway? And what is the deal with him all ready being on the ground and them tasing him? He said, "I'll walk out of here, don't tase me, bro." And they tased him? Holy shit, friends. That's scary. Not to mention, I didn't see him using any force against the officers, just saying that he wanted to be read his rights-- told what he did, basically-- which IS a right to anyone who is being detained. Man alive.
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