Andrew Meyer

[Taem]

You always have time to think. Especially if it's dragged out for 3 minutes, and men are standing on top of you saying 'I am going to Taser you'. You're really giving him too much credit, this wasn't a one second snap decision. It was a continuous decision made over a matter of minutes.

And believe me, I'm not here trying to defend the actions of the police officers. But I've also seen enough of that video to know that kid had a plan for protest before he even asked his question.

Cheers,

Munk

I agree completely with what your saying here; that kid was a disruptive influence and was not going to go peacefully. I think the campus police, while they did tazer him one too many times, had every right to defend 'themselves' from him. Sure, there were 5-of them, but against one over-zealous protester, well nobody wanted to get hurt so they used what force they deemed necessary to restrain him before somebody did get hurt. Not to mention, aren't most colleges or universities privately owned, so when they told him to leave, he was trespassing, right?

Please note that my other reply to you Munkay does not contradict what I'm saying here; in the other post you were implying resistance to police officers in ANY situation is not alright, and to that I disagreed.