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Freep this poll: Did cops do right thing? (Kerry speech/taser incident)
HowieCarr.com ^ | 9/18/07 | raccoonradio

Posted on 09/18/2007 12:11:17 PM PDT by raccoonradio

A student at a John Kerry appearamce in Florida was tasered by the police when he would not leave the podium quietly and resisted arrest. Did the cops do the right thing?


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To: ConsistentLibertarian

Sometimes a good ZOT is just plain funny; especially when the ZOTee is an attention seeking doofus.


61 posted on 09/19/2007 11:58:41 AM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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To: raccoonradio
Don't Taser that jerk, my friend
Pass him over to me
Don't Taser that jerk, my friend
Pass pass him over to me


Tase another one
Just like the other one
You've been using your night stick
And I sure would like a hit

[chorus]

Tase another one
Just like the other one
That one's Tased to the ground
Another resister must be found
62 posted on 09/19/2007 3:54:59 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: raccoonradio

Top 10 Things Overheard at the John Kerry Speech Tasering Incident

10) “That’s SO reminiscent of Genghis Khan.”

9) “Or Lyndie England.”

8) “Can I get a purple heart for this, bro?”

7) “Al Gore invented the taser, ya know.”

6) “How many carbon offsets will he need to cancel that out?”

5) “Don’t taser him yet! I have a plan!”

4) “Sorry, I fell asleep the second Kerry opened his yap. What’d I miss?”

3) “Cool! It’s just like Burning Man, except, you know, not made out of wood.”

2) “That’s what you get for not serving in Vietnam like me!”

and the #1 thing overheard at the John Kerry speech tasering incident

1) “This is all Bush’s fault!”


63 posted on 09/20/2007 2:52:52 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (This country feels the same when Congress is in session as when a baby gets hold of a hammer.)
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To: raccoonradio; All

Hell no.

The student was expressing his freedom of speech.

The university police were power-hungry thugs, frankly.

Kerry did not ask for his removal.

He offers to give up, puts his hands in the air, and they go into arrest him. That is when he starts resisting, only then.

The cops were in the wrong, and they should all be fired for this despicable display of an abuse of power.


64 posted on 09/22/2007 9:40:45 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Dick Cheney should have gone hunting with Hillary." -- Yakov Smirnoff)
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To: WannabeTurk

Not everyone here agrees with the cops.

I am shocked so many agree with their actions.


65 posted on 09/22/2007 9:46:33 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Dick Cheney should have gone hunting with Hillary." -- Yakov Smirnoff)
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To: dynachrome

Where does the Constitution say pranksters have no free speech rights?

Also, he was not pranking here. He was asking honest questions...with some rant mixed in.

There was no reason to remove him, and it was a clear violation of his rights.


66 posted on 09/22/2007 9:47:54 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Dick Cheney should have gone hunting with Hillary." -- Yakov Smirnoff)
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