Yesterday, September 17, at a John Kerry speech, Andrew Meyer, a University of Florida student was tasered and arrested by police on-campus. This incident took place after “his microphone was cut off” while he was asking John Kerry questions during the question period.
The following news was broadcast by MSNBC: Was it Something I said?
Just reading and watching the mainstream news coverage linked above is shocking enough but wait until you see the following footage.
Here is a video of Andrew Meyer walking up to the microphone to ask his question.
John Kerry actually indicates that he is ready for him, and Meyer thanks Kerry for “coming and being open and honest”. Within 30 seconds, while Meyer is prepping his questions, you see the following people and chain of events.
There are two men, one much taller then the other, dressed in dark suites, standing behind Meyer. These men are clearly either secret service, with the organizing committee, or with the John Kerry entourage. There are also two police officers standing behind Meyer, one female and one male. The following sequence of events takes place:
The taller “secret service” man whispers into the ear of the shorter man who in turn whispers into the ear of the female police officer who immediately moves towards Meyer and appears as if she is asking him to either move along or wrap it up. Keep in mind that this sequence of events began within 30 seconds of Meyer talking on the microphone, during which time, he has already thanked Kerry and referenced the following book by Greg Palast, Armed Madhouse, which Kerry states that has read.
Meyer clearly gets agitated by the actions taken by the police, and states that Kerry has been talking for two hours and that he should be allowed to talk for two minutes and “inform people” before he asks his questions. He even thanks the police officers, be it in a condescending tone.
He is allowed to continue talking for approximately an additional 40 seconds during which time he is able to state that: “there is multiple reports of disenfranchisement of black voters on the day of the election, 2004” that “there are voting machines, electronic voting machines … in Florida that counted backwards. So amidst all these reports of phony bogus stuff going on how could you (Kerry) concede the 2004 election on the day?”
While Meyer is talking, the police officers and the men dressed in the dark suites continue to whisper to each other, clearly getting anxious, and wanting to remove Mr. Meyer.
In these 40 seconds he is also able to ask three additional questions: “Didn’t you (Kerry) want to be president?”, “How come you (Kerry) are not saying lets impeach Bush now, lets impeach Bush now, before we can invade Iran?” and “are you (Kerry) a member of the Skull and Bones?” Those were the last words that he was allowed to speak into the microphone. He was then aggressively manhandled by the police, which he was clearly extremely angry about and resisted.
During the ensuing chaos, which he did not instigate, you can hear him asking for help, asking people why this is happening to him, and stating that he is afraid of the cops and does not want to be taken away by them. He clearly fears for his safety, and as indicated by the incident, rightfully so. He even offers to walk out of the auditorium on his own if the police will unhand him.
In the following days and weeks, hopefully, there will be a tremendous amount of discussion and analysis of this incident. This video uploaded by Youtuber, xELRx, who can be contacted on his personal blog at xxxibmxxxx.nexo.com, is important video evidence of the chain of command that is in place to silence those who ask the “wrong” questions at a public political gathering.
What I find most appalling about this incident is that some people were actually laughing and applauding what the police were doing to this student. What gives me hope is that many more people were actually trying to help Meyer.
The United States of America is a dangerous place, however it appears that people should no longer fear those that break the law but those that enforce the law.
Additional commentaries and video footage is available on the Internet, and as long as the Internet remains Neutral we will hopefully continue to obtain unfiltered accurate reports from real people about real events.
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