tazered for the truth

another tasering of a student for supposedly not showing his id at a library



i allready have forwarded it to everyone in my address book
we follow the united states and have recently got tazer guns
i am not sure yet if asking a well presented but politically hot question would get you arrested and tazerd especially as he was as polite as he could by means of introduction and the senator was happy to answer the question.

you cannot say that a politically difficult questioin is disturbing the peace at a political rally when you are given the microphone and time to give your question?!!!

the scene caused by the police afterward is certainly a disturbance of the peace after the guy spoke if they had left him alone kerry would have answered and that would have been that no one in the audience would agree with you that the guy was disturbing the peace by speaking in the manner he spoke he wasnt particularly loud like shouting or shouting with a bull horn
if you think his manner wasnt as polilte as it could be you should note the content of his question
disenfranchisment of black voters and rigged elections is not the kind of thing that should be completely unmoving to those who withness it. he didnt use any bad words or to incite violence as far as i could make.
he didnt fight he spoke he didnt challenge to a fight,




"They must find it difficult...
those who have taken authority as the truth,
rather than the truth as authority."



----- Original Message ----
From: John Ripley
To: Jason Rollin
Sent: Tuesday, 18 September, 2007 12:27:05 PM
Subject: Re: Better Video of Student Tasered


Jason,

Not sure how things work in England, but here's some insight into our own laws:

Disturbing the peace is a crime generally defined as the unsettling of proper order in a public space through one's actions.

This can include creating loud noise by fighting or challenging to fight, disturbing others by loud and unreasonable noise (including loud music or dog barking), or using offensive words likely to incite violence.

Disturbing the peace is typically considered a misdemeanor or an infraction depending on the jurisdiction and is often punishable by either a fine or brief term in jail.

However, a person held in breach of the peace will not have a criminal record entered against their name; which would otherwise seriously hurt the person's future dealings with authorities, or when seeking future employment.

If law enforcement officials are unable to detain the suspect in a peaceful manner, or if the suspect is resisting arrest, causing harm or creating a security risk, or is engaging in violence, use of less-than-lethal weapons is permitted in order for officers regain control of the suspect, granted he or she has been sufficiently warned of the intent to use of the weapon prior to the discharge.

If you need to hear the "bad language" that he used, I refer you to this video (more complete). I don't think I really have to mention that this kid is addressing a United States Senator in such a way that you shouldn't even talk to your own parents...

The long and the short of it: this guy had it coming. The police will consider your call a mere annoyance and go about their less-than-lethal protocol as usual. Interesting video though! Please, for the sake of the officers who did the right thing, do NOT forward this email to everyone in your address book! Thanks.