Leftist
Blogs Defend Police Brutality In Student Tazering
Partisan bickering obscures heart of the issue as Fox News, MSNBC
set up phony debate by making Kerry's behavior focus of story, not
oppressive actions of thug cops
Media coverage of a
University of Florida student being tazered by cops for asking a
question didn't spark a debate about ongoing police brutality and
political persecution, but instead prompted partisan bickering and
mindless ninnying about John Kerry's behavior during the incident,
while leftist blogs defended the actions of the police.
Andrew Meyer was grabbed by cops yesterday after he asked the former
presidential candidate why he didn't challenge the rigged election
of 2004 and about his membership of the skull and bones secret
society. Meyer asked police what he was being arrested for as they
dragged him to the back of the University Auditorium before
manhandling him to the ground.
As the photo above shows, two female officers, one with some kind of
gangland tattoo on her arm, seem to be smiling with pleasure as they
move in to seize Meyer.
Only when Meyer was
immobile and had five officers on top of him did the police decide
to send 50,000 volts of electricity coursing through his prostrate
body, seemingly waiting until Meyer begged them not to do it so as
to enjoy the maximum power trip from administrating the torture.
Watch the video.
Fox News, MSNBC and others relentlessly replayed the video yesterday
- not as a shocking indictment of the police's actions during the
incident, but to discuss John Kerry's behavior and the fact that he
continued taking questions while Meyer was being brutalized.
This prompted leftist blogs like News Hounds to slam Fox for
endlessly showing the footage as Democrat websites closed ranks and
either ignored what was a savage act of police brutality and
political persecution or simply claimed Fox News were hyping the
story.
They even defended the actions of the police in stating the cops
were right to tazer Meyer as he lay on the floor. Imagine if this
had happened during a town hall meeting with Bush - liberals would
have screamed bloody murder and rightly so - but in this instance
they applaud the police for their act of torture simply because
Meyer dared question their idol John Kerry.
Another detail left out of press reports is Meyer's political
affiliation - he is not a Neo-Con who was attempting to put John
Kerry on the spot as Fox News has tried to portray - he was a 9/11
truther. Meyer links to the 9/11 Mysteries documentary from the home
page of his website.
Beyond the mindless partisan ninnying, the heart of the issue is
that this was another act of wanton police brutality and torture by
means of tazering.
The police are now trained that "pain compliance," a euphemism for
torture, is acceptable in apprehending anyone even if that person
poses no physical danger.
In many cases, cops will tazer someone even if they offer no
resistance whatsoever, simply for the sick enjoyment of the power
trip as the victim begs and pleads not to be tortured. They also
seem to
get a kick out of tazering young children and even toddlers.
Tabatabainejad agreed to leave and was on his way out of the
building before cops tazered him and then proceeded to order him to
get back on his feet just so they could shock him over and over
again as he cried and moaned for them to stop.
The bottom line is that Taser use is being abused by police all over
the country as cops are trained that torture is a perfectly
acceptable response to somebody who asks the wrong question or
refuses to show their papers.
