Yesterday a student at the University of Florida was tased at a John Kerry speaking event after he asked a series of long winded questions. The student asked Senator Kerry some annoying questions, but after he refused to give up the microphone, he was then placed under arrest, and dragged off screaming by the police. After being forced to the ground in view of dozens of cameras and spectators he was then shocked with 20,000 volts of a taser gun. This may not have been John Kerry’s fault as he was heard, saying, “let me answer the question”, and didn’t ask for police intervention, but somehow the police got the idea that they needed to step in to stop the student from speaking. As shocking as the video of the entire incident is, this is just one in a series of incidents of police using excessive force and of censorship of freedom of speech. Earlier this year a student in California who refused to show his school ID because he felt it was a violation of his rights at the school Library was handcuffed and repeatedly tased until he was unable to walk. Read More »
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