Kerry Condemns Heckler Arrest (and tasering)

ABC ^ | 18 Sep 07 | Rick Klein

[Jay777]

"In 37 years of public appearances, through wars, protests and highly emotional events, I have never had a dialogue end this way," Kerry said in a statement. "I believe I could have handled the situation without interruption, but I do not know what warnings or other exchanges transpired between the young man and the police prior to his barging to the front of the line and their intervention. I asked the police to allow me to answer the question and was in the process of responding when he was taken into custody."

"I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building," he continued. "I hope that neither the student nor any of the police were injured. I regret enormously that a good healthy discussion was interrupted."

[Jay777]

WHAT????? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE! He was not aware they used the taser until AFTER he left the building? You gotta be kidding! The kid is screaming “Stop tasering me! Don’t taser me! You can hear Kerry droning in the background!

[Bahbah]

"I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building,"

He's lying.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I was aware he was tasered before he wasn’t tasered.

[Deo volente]

“I was for the Taser before I was against it.”

[petercooper]

I actually was not aware of the tasering before I was.

[FormerLib]

I’ll take him at his word on this one. With him droning on, what the kid was yelling would have been rendered incomprehensible with all the other yelling in the that area.

[ozzymandus]

Kerry? Lie? No way, man, it’s Bush’s fault.

[Faith]

A good healthy discussion is never desired by a liberal.

[joeystoy]

ping

[joeystoy]

ping

[johnny7]

This jackass is crazier than Larry Craig...

[PISANO]

Typical of a lefty who MUST take a poll or wait for public reaction to an event BEFORE taking a STAND!!

He has always been a coward and a morally bankrupt putz!!

[Holicheese]

He didn’t seem to mind while it was going on. He was trying to make a joke.
If he was serious and that guy was screaming like a girl when the cops grabbed him, he would have spoken up then. Instead he tried to do some schtick.
What a LOSER!

[bill1952]

What a pack of lies. and the police are clearly nuts. - I could have understood the sentiment if they had tasered kerry just for general principles, but this response was bogus.

Actually, I'm somewhat surprised that they didn't shoot him, but I guess it was on film.

[rogue yam]

The tasering is seared, seared in his memory.

[shankbear]

But Kerry remembers being in Cambodia at Christmas when Nixon was president before he was president. Now he will want to ban the tazer. Tazer control next up for the Senate.

[pikachu]

“Tasering is just a botched joke!”

[Doc Savage]

“He’s crazy Jim. There’s nothing I can do for him.”

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I have to agree with Kerry on this one. There was no reason the cops needed to arrest this kid. He was simply asking a question; albeit, one that would be construed as embarrassing to Kerry, but a question nonetheless. I hope this kid sues the F’n university. Let the universities start paying for suppressing speech.

[I see my hands]

To: Andrew Meyer

"OW! OW!"

What a wuss.