This would never, ever, ever happen at a Dennis Kucinich Q & A. Why? Because Dennis would have answered the student's question; Why didn't Kerry answer the question? Why didn't Kerry show any leadership? Kerry knew full well that the police were about to throw this guy out - Kerry preferred to know the student would be thrown out instead of personally befriending and speaking with the guy - as Dennis Kucinch would have. Kerry is an ex-Vietnam war veteran; Kerry is physically a big guy. Kerry could have stopped this if he wanted to, simply by befriending the student and answering his question.

Kerry should have explained to the students that his sorry attorney, Donald McTigue, told Kerry the election was over and wasn't worth fighting for.

This is becoming more and more of a problem. Police have "Policies" and their policies seem to hold precedence over the Constitutional rights of anybody that crosses their path. Courts don't even look at those policies. Internal reviews do.

I love getting tasered. It's not as bad as people think and it gives me a nice lift to start the day. Kearndog rocks --YEAH!

It was appalling to see that individual treated that way. I did not see him do anything that warranted him being man handled let alone tasered.

I'm disgusted.

Hahaha

You couldn't write comedy this good.

The little punk had what was coming to him.

"Police Brutality--Rodney King!" someone screams. You've gotta love the liberals, defend Islamic Jihad terrorists for having reason for their violence but be the first to jump on the Police at any given chance. Sick! Come on now guys, the man was obviously overstepping his time, was belligerent "before" and after the arrest, whining the whole time. The guy was still deluded to even think Kerry won the election, quoting some ridiculous book. (Fact is, GW won, and he even won Florida the election before, even when counting the ballots and hanging chads the way the Gore camp wanted to do it! Funny how the liberals think this defunct voting system with thousands of apparently disenfranchised voters having their votes stolen, somehow miraculously works pretty squeaky clean in the last election with the Democrats sweeping into victory! How convenient! Cry babies all. It would have been a different story is The GOP held better.) And BTW, Clinton was impeached not for a "bl-w job" as this guy dumbly suggests but for perjury. You know, that thing all the liberals got so upset about with Gonzales and even trying to blame Scooter when nothing was even proved. So, add, "hypocrites all" too...oh, and "whiners."

Mary,

I'll bet that kid disobeyed his parnets growing up too. You and I must be looking at different videos. If this man would have acted up at one of my rallies, I would have had him taken to a field and shot like a rabid dog he is! Besides, it's 2007, THE 2004 ELECTIONS ARE OVER!!!

Your truly,

I'd like to thank all the politicians who voted for the Patriot Act TWICE for throwing the constitution down the toilet - and the majority of the American People for standing silently by watching reality TV unconcerned about its reprecussions.

Just disgusting. This is supposed to be the USA. The officer who used the taser should be fired and brought up on criminal brutality charges.

The previous user's assertion that "courts don't even look at [policies set by police]" and that only "internal reviews" assess these policies is simply and utterly wrong. In §1983 civil rights cases, courts very thoroughly examine the "policies, practices, and customs" of law enforcement offices. While it might make for a nice provocative soundbite to claim that police department policies aren't reviewable by courts, it's simply FALSE: courts examine these policies every day across America.

The kid should have just shut up and left. What good did resisting do him??

Two seconds of video. He tried to break out of the grasp of the officers. He resisted their mild approach, swinging his arms upward and trying to break away. Serves him right. Good job police!

Go over your "alloted time" you get tasered. What a country! The police are out of control.

Way to go Kearndog! WHOOO

Time and time again, police overreact to situations that are easily solved with common sense and non-violence. This is not an isolated occurrence either.

Being a police officer used to entail being honorable and virtuous, now it merely exemplifies the cowardice and thuggery of the disturbed individual wearing the badge.

It was so nice of the report to include the fact that Republicans are hostile towards hecklers . I wish they would apply the same standards in defending Republicans as they do Democrats. The news wonders why nobody trusts them. The comparison wasn't necessary and demonstrates bias. Almost like children in an argument, "they did it too!"

So, what's new? I was in an airport yesterday where I was not permitted to use the word "bomb." I was not permitted to carry a weapon to protect myself or others. My personal effects were searched and a partially filled tube of toothpaste was confiscated.

That's four of the top 5 ammendments that are gone. Lost. You'll never get them back.

This country's screwed - we just don't know it yet.

Kerry should have done something right then and there. Period end of story. All these long winded comments are bunk. This should destroy Kerry's chances of election and future office. He should lose his senate post for this absolute atrocity. He is a political leader who allow this fascist event to occur right in front of his face and all America.

Wake up people.

If America was not outraged about this- Kerry would have said nothing nor disagreed with the arrest.

Also, I enjoy reading these fantastic ad hominem attacks on the police, suggesting that somehow the PATRIOT Act governs the powers of police officers to promulgate crowd control policies. Then again, my experience is that almost no critics of the PATRIOT Act have actually read its provisions.

People need to stop making delusional, baseless accusations and parading them about as if they are well-reasoned political arguments. When you rabidly fulminate about everything and blame the woes of the world on George W. Bush, you've lost all touch with reality and have made your fantasy ideology of group hatred into a moral philosophy. Absolutely disgusting.

Get used to it. This has not been a truly free country for a long time. Its sad that it has taken people this long to notice. Our freedoms started to get removed when people used statements like "for the good of the community".

At least for now we still have freedom of thought.

This isn't a matter of free speech, you morons. This is a matter of the student disobeying direct orders of police officers. In an attempt for EVERYBODY to have a fair chance to speak, EVERYBODY was held to time limits. What about the rights of the other people who wanted to speak? He should not, and did not, have free reign at the microphone. He had every chance to leave after he disrupted the event by causing problems before and while speaking. You do NOT start resisting a police officer and jump around when you are being ushered out CALMLY. You can tell how crazy this guy is when he starts saying that the police are going to kill him and just make him disappear. He is clearly partially insane, as he tells people to go to the police station to ask where he is. He also tells the police that people have seen him there, and they can't just make him disappear and die without people knowing. If he had for one second shut up and stopped jumping around and fighting the police, they could've heard Kerry's voice saying he would answer the question and to let him go. It is completely his fault, and I do not feel bad for him. Maybe he will get the help that he needs. A normal person does not start saying that he is being turned over to the government to be disposed of simply for asking slightly critical questions of John Kerry. That's absurd.

The founding fathers stand solemnly, heads lowered, looking into the freshly dug grave in which rests the tattered remains of the constitution.

It is amazing that there is condemnation for the one who spoke, and praise for the ones who so forcefully stopped him.

The Republic is dead when we are violently attacked for excercising our first ammendment rights. I weep for the future...

"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither" - Ben Franklin

Uh, what most seem to be missing, and was something that I picked up from another blog (not that they are the wherewithall of total accuracy) but the video wasn't turned on until sometime _after_ the officers were up by the microphone. Seems that it might have been going on for some time. The officers were not up there just to protect the equipment.

Just because your seeing the video, it sometimes does not show the whole event in it's entirety.

Geez. This is scary stuff. Sure the kid is rude and loud, but he is asking topical questions.
This is police state stuff, send in the goons to shut someone up. And to think it happened on a college campus, supposedly a bastion of free speech where people are supposed to ask questions and make mistakes without fear of brutality.
The university should be ashamed of itself. That boy should sue the s--- out of school and the cops.

Kerry has the money to pay this peasant's legal expenses, but he shouldn't and here's why:
When peasants get out of line, it's necessary for the tattooed pack of police to take action. There needs to be about six unscrupulous police for every peasant, this ratio held true in relation to this incident. Uppity peasants are increasingly starting to behave as if they have rights, and this must end. I think the Orwellian O'Brien Shock Treatment should be mandatory for anyone who gets out of line--tazer voltage needs to be doubled or tripled to really send a message to the intransigent peons' central nervous systems. STOP ASKING QUESTIONS AND GROVEL BEFORE YOUR MASTERS!

Mike, you're missing the larger point: leftists are so ardently obsessed with the theory of free speech that they have utterly no idea how to make free speech practicable. What you end up having, then, is a million people screaming at each other without inhibitions (and without even getting their message across). Remember, for the left, speech is not about reason or argumentation, it's merely an avenue for human beings, as highly advanced apes or whatnot, to collectively blow off some steam.

Um...did the police answer his question of, "Why are youd doing this to me?"

Habeus Corpus, anyone?

Kerry condemnation is too little too late. He should have intervene right away. The abuse of power was OBVIOUS. I am glad Kerry didn't get elected. This show how arrogant he really is. period.

The guy kept flailing around and shouting. He acted like a sissy, a narcissist and a jerk, shrieking BEFORE he was tasered as if he were being stabbed to death! He was RESISTING even tho' he was in the grips of several officers. Do NOT feel sorry for him!

He deserved the tazing he was way out of line he already had his chance on the open mike why did he make a mockery of the police by not doing as he was told in the first place

Kerry lied about his scratches and conned the military into giving him 3 purple hearts. Lowest of low, john Kerry

Kerry is simply defending one of his loony cult followers.

This was grand stand for this wannabe politico's website.

"I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building," said Senator Kerry.

Give me a break. Does the man ever tell the truth? Watching the video it is impossible to not know about the taser. Kerry went on the Meet the Press on Sunday and continued to lie about the actions of his party. Thank God Senator McCain was there to squash his lies and propaganda.

Kerry did NOTHING to intervene. What an asset he'd be as president in fighting terror. Limp and arrogant, phlegmatic weakling loser.

Some these comments are really out there...

The point here is that the kid was forcibly removed by police for asking questions and being disruptive.

The police became physical for no noticeable reason. The student panicked, reacting with force and is ultimately tazed and dragged away.

Who among you thinks it's OK to forcibly remove non-violent people?

Who among you believe that this kid didn't need to be told why he was being arrested?

Now that you've answered "me" to the previous questions, let me ask: who among you are in the Kremlin?

Here is proof that the police have become the bad-guys.
Neither I, nor anyone I know, have ever been helped by a police officer... only harrassed, accosted, and/or assaulted... especially in jurisdictions that place quotas on their police officers. Law enforcement has become a source of revenue generation, rather than the defenders of the populace.
Further, it is beginning to look like the vast majority of people going into law enforcement do so not out of duty, but to acquire power over their fellow citizens.
There are weekly reports, around the country, of crimes committed by police officers, including drug abuse, theft, racketeering, falsifying evidence, entrapment, and assault. Investigations invariably find the officer(s) innocent, because the city/county/state government does not want to waste their precious tax dollar on compensating the victims of the officer(s) crime.
If a citizen criticizes a police officer (or his/her actions), they are invariably labeled as bad people, or unpatriotic, and everyone who is afraid of those labels ceases to publicly question the matter... its like a bunch of third graders' name calling.
The courts and the government stonewall these cases because they do not want to have to admit any form of liability.

Whatever happened to "defending the Constitution of the United States of America?" What ever happened to "Serve and Protect?"

The cops overeacted.

This was just some college kid. Who cares, let him finish his question.

The reaction of the police looks like something out of the Prague Spring.

Was the end result worth it? You taser someone who is beating the crap out of someone, or a robbery suspect. But a college kid asking a politcal question.

Maybe they just didn't like his question.

Yeah... Kerry really did something about it while it happened. That kid got Swift-boated. This goes to show what kind of integrity Kerry has. Like liberals, they are all talk and no action. Way to go John..Way to stand right there and let it happen. Why do you guys keep putting these weak-kneed people into office?

I guess we should just let anyone take over a political discussion if he/she wants. His ramblings and going over the allotted time violated the free speech rights of everyone else in the room that wanted to make orderly comments. Should the loudest and most obnoxious among us be the only ones that have rights?

"Um...did the police answer his question of, "Why are youd doing this to me?"

Habeus Corpus, anyone?"

Clearly you don't even know when the doctrine of habeas corpus applies. When you interrupt a PRIVATE discussion forum by REFUSING to follow the PRIVATELY set rules, police who are present to provide security to the event are authorized to stop people from INTERRUPTING the forum. They are not, and never have been, required to immediately give the detained individual a dissertation--or even a single word--of explanation as to why they are stopping him from speaking. That, in essence, speaks for itself. Before you start accusing President Bush of making this the rule, the ignorant among you might be surprised to know that this policy has never received any substantial criticism from any members of the Democratic Party, and it's been practiced since the 1830s.

While I'm no fan of Kerry; this is not his fault but the fault of some overzealous wannabe campus cops! While this guy was being a jackass; he didnt deserve being tasered! Are we now a police state???

As someone who has challenged Senator Kerry to answer questions he does not want to answer....I was the guy who asked him about meeting with Foreign Leaders....Kerry has been a protestor and traitor all his life. Certainly he should be able to relate.

Let's try some logic: the guy didn't get tasered because of his question; he got tasered because he was resisting arrest. The taser is the ONLY thing that brought this embarassing (not heroic) incident to a halt.

Good job officers.

Mike, well said. The guy was obviously delusional in his conspiracy laced mind. He was belligerent and made the matter far worse, resisting the police for overstepping the allotted time. funny how the police had no right to do what they did but these same liberals who love to shout "police brutality," end of our freedoms, etc, are the same folks to defend the terrorists for having reason for their violence . Sick! Delusional!

This looks totally a setup. First there's evidently a couple of camera waiting to record this kid. According to the article the kid jump to the front of the line. Then kid had a motive for a confrontation. He initiated it (pretty sure the Blow Job comment was out of line), was asked to leave(or shown the door), didn't leave, started fighting with the security, and got owned. Simple as that. Now he'll sue, a liberal judge will side with him, and he'll get paid. It's a shame that parents don't teach their kids to respect their elders anymore. This looks so like a setup to get this kid into the spotlight. I read an article that he's in journalism. This was a great audition for CNN.

Kerry let it happen. You give Kerry a pass? Kerry is the smartest man in the world. He is right about almost everything. He could have stopped it! Like puny, the big man keeps me down liberals, he just stood there.

I'm not a fan of Kerry but this student got what he deserved for disrupting a conference by trying to take it over. He is a big guy and a mush smaller female officer and a much smaller male officer was trying to civily usher him out when he resisted and started flailing his arms around while holding a book. I would take that as assault on a police officer. He deserved it and too bad they didn't whack him on the head with a baton to knock some sense into the idiot.

"Who among you thinks it's OK to forcibly remove non-violent people?

Who among you believe that this kid didn't need to be told why he was being arrested?"

I think it's okay to forcibly remove non-violent people who are demonstrating complete refusal to cooperate with police. Evidence from the video: this guy constantly was running away from the law enforcement officers, threatening them, and demanding that they not touch him. If he's reacting this insanely to a group of police officers whose initial action was simply to try and escort him away from the microphone, then what reason do the police have for assuming that he poses absolutely no potential threat whatsoever?

Also, I think this kid didn't need to be told why he was being REMOVED FROM THE MICROPHONE. If you'll go back and look at the video, the police *did* in fact tell him why he was being ARRESTED. He was not being ARRESTED when he was taken away from the microphone. NO ONE has claimed, or COULD claim, that he was being arrested at the time that he was removed from the microphone. The arrest came later, as everyone can plainly see from the video.

This was a real authentic case of police over reacting there was no need for the use of a Taser.

Strangely, I find my self sidding with many of the Libs on this one. The question should have been answered.

All to often Bush, Clinton, and others dodge tough questions ... this is yet another example of a dog and pony show.

I would add this limit to speech has NOTHING to do with the Patriot Act.

That said, two wrongs do not make a right ..... he was not following the (poor) rules of the event ... he was evading being escorted ... and it is not clear what else he had in mind ...

Finally, he was ONLY Tasered (not shot), and was capable of walking down stairs less than a minute later. This level of force allowed the police to get the situation under control.

Those who think this force is at the level of Rodney King are way off base.

THIS WAS SET-UP FOR THIS JERK'S WEBSITE. NOT A STORY ANYMORE.

if you condem it mr kerry why did wait till today to say something . glad i didnt vote for you !!!

While the kid was having his face pushed into the floor, Kerry was cracking jokes about how the kid wasn't going to swear him in.

Unbelievable... Thanks goodness that idiot was never our President. I hope that kid sues. Outrageous.

The guy was asked to leave a public place by lawful authorities. He was disturbing a public event. He refused.

When officers tried to remove him, he resisted removal.

They then placed him under arrest, which he also resisted.

He resisted being hand-cuffed, and was warned he would be Tasered if he did not comply.

He did not comply. He was Tasered.

You nuts out there have got to realize that there are rules to society. And when you break one after another, you are going to suffer the consequences.

Don't turn him into a martyr.

He's a rude, obnxoious, self-righteous disturber of the peace.

Refuse to comply with the rules of the forum, you're going to get asked to leave.
Refuse to comply with the people in charge of security (in this case, police officers) at the forum, you're going to get physically removed.
Fight back when the police try to physically remove you, you're going to lose.
Contrary to what many whiney liberals are claiming, this moron DID fight back. In case you weren't watching, the officers were standing behind him for a bit and let him ramble on for a while before stepping in. They asked him to leave. He refused and PUSHED several officers away several times. In the course of his drama queen flailing around, it's hard to believe that he didn't strike an officer, too.
He got what he deserved.

Bigger question, though...
After all the delusional liberal ranting and raving about Bush taking away their rights and freedoms (which, by the way, no liberal has yet to show an example of!), what do you have to say now? One of your "legendary" protesters (Kerry) stood by doing NOTHING while a person who had come to hear him speak got physically removed from his audience for (allegedly) attempting to exercise his freedom of speech.
Kinda sucks when one of your own does exactly the same thing you accuse your opponents of doing, doesn't it? LOL

Don't you just love the way the liberals at ABC had to mention Republican events to example silly enforcement of security issues?

This was a real authentic case of police over reacting there was no need for the use of a Taser.

Unless the gentleman was posing a threat to someone there was no reason to act this way. If he was going over his alotted time, then Mr. Kerry could should have been the one to have cut him off. Lets here it for the free speech an a unilversity campus. OOOPPS don't the liberals believe in free speech anymore? Was this censorship? Yes, we should start at least 18 investigations of why this happend. Maybe this there should be at least one investgation to determine if this was a racist act by the black cop beating up on a white guy. (Which I don't believe.)It is getting more ridiculous as each day passes.

We now live in a police state.

What happened to free speech?

Kerry...they're your goons, your condemnation is hollow.

john kerry is a coward....that is obvious as he had no clue what to do or how to handle this situation. he will probably ask for another purple heart for this incident.

It would have been a violation of Andrew Meyers' 1st amendment right if they pulled the microphone away from him because he asked a question they didn't want him to. This is not a violation of rights issue. The issue is the security of John Kerry and clearly the campus police felt Mr. Meyer was a threat. When someone acts in an unusual or aggressive way (much like what you see on the clip) they deserve to be dealt with appropriately. What would everyone be saying if the UPD didn't do what they did and Mr. Meyers attacked Mr Kerry? They probably could have subdued him eventually, but all it takes is one good hit with to do irreversible damage. I think the UPD acted in good judgement and Mr. Meyers should have complied with the officers when they first tried to escort him off the podium.

Don't worry too much about it, our civil liberties will improve when the mexicans take over.

that kid actually got off easy- if this were Duke U, he would have been arrested on RAPE charges, had his reputation and future destroyed so that a liberal DA could get re-elected, he would have been denounced by the university that his parents spent ungodly anounts of money on, and would owe millions in lawyer fees to fight all this. Personally, I would much rather be tasered!
ew

The guy had lost his marbles. That was obvious. Maybe he just got flustered because he was in the same room as his hero. He brought everything on himself. He created a scene. He needed to be dealth with.

It's always surprising to me how quickly people jump up against police and those that put themselves at risk to protect society according to the tenets of law and order. Go about the blogosphere and you will see individuals like Ms. MacElveen opine and espouse their views on free speech and excessive force.

I was not at the event, but from the other videos and testaments from the event, it would seem this individual was bent on hijacking more than his allotted share of time and forum. Regardless of free speech, common sense and good form would dictate that he wait patiently for his turn (he did not), ask a few questions (he asked far more, at the expense of those that may have also had questions), and relinquish his position at the microphone when a "comfortable" amount of time had passed (he did not).

I agree that perhaps a moderator or some other usher should have used some polite prodding or a giant novelty hook to remove Mr. Meyer before the police got involved, but you can immediately tell from Mr. Meyer of his belligerence the moment he was "gently escorted" from the microphone. His cries for "help" and "assistance" were unanswered, even by his peers (who normally would at the very least raise their voice in support). Bottom line, they knew and felt he was an annoyance.

Granted, it may have been harsh to taser him - but considering his physical resistance, the officers on scene may have felt there was no other choice to quickly gain Mr. Meyer's cooperation.

Without continuing on a rant, I guess the question I pose to individuals like Ms. MacElveen is: When is it okay for one person's free speech to come at the expense of someone else's? And why are you so quick to point the finger at the authorities that felt they needed to escort this usurper from the premises? Because of Mr. Meyer's poor decision and selfishness, someone may missed their opportunity to exercise their free speech. And worse, because of this incident, those in attendance won't be talking about Mr. Kerry's appearance, but instead of this hijacker and his website ( dot com).

I just finished watching the video and, I must say, I am shocked at people's reactions. Most people seem to be taking this incident as some sort of repression of the Freedom of Speech. Also, people seem to think that using the taser was extreme in this situation.

Well, as per the above article, the student barged to the front of the line and proceeded to fire off information that he acquired from a book. Whenever someone tried to get him to ask his questions, he became beligerant. When the police tried to escort him out of the building, he resisted every attempt at the officers made to remove him peacefully. The student then started to shout, at the top of his lungs, things like, "Help! Help!" and "I'm being repressed!" (Note: I don't know if he was trying to be funny by quoting Monty Python)

So, with that chain of events, who can blame the officers for using the taser before things could turn more violent and dangerous?

As a teacher and a parent I am appalled by the actions used by the University police yesterday. How ironic, we were teaching our students about the Constitution yesterday.(Constitution Day September 17) Heaven forbid another student would have spoken up in the young mans behalf. We may have had another Kent State atrocity...

I thought Liberals were opposed to the police state. Good thing Kerry lost the last election. Hopefully Hillary doesn't win the next one.

I love reading these chowderheads who claim this agitated moron should not have been tasered. They fail to understand that the cops have a OBLIGATION of the SAFETY of the OTHER PEOPLE in that room! If this moron DID get violent and hurt someone then the cops would be liable and SUED by the slip and fall "loiyas". Put yourself in their boots for a change, you have the responsibility to protect the public, you arms have been tied back because of bleeding heart Liberals who always berate cops for stronghanding suspects using other means; so they have to resort to the Taser® which infact is the least lethal of any current means of restraint. Something law enforcement - HAS A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO.

The cops did exactly what they were trained to do. There was no excessive use of force, and in fact, they looked rather restrained to me. That little punk got what was coming to him. He was nothing more than a disorderly, rambling little immature worm.

The man should have 1_ obeyed the rules, and b) obeyed the police when they confronted him. If you resist the police, you'll get tazered. Plain and simple.

Now about Kerry, this episode shows just how colossal underqualified Kerry is about anything. This is just another example how Kerry managed to make colossal elementry mistakes in the public eye. Recall how Kerry insulted the troops suggesting they had literacy problems.

This is more evidence, that we see every day, that we need to discipline our kids and teach them RESPECT. Meyer had no respect for the officers in the room. Had he showed even a small amount of respect to the officers, he would not have been tasered, or arrested. They would have escorted him from the stage. After all, his time was up. Come on, give someone else the time of day. Meyer wasn't the only one who wanted to ask Kerry questions.

I saw the video that showed the officers calmly ask him to step down. What are they supposed to do if he doesn't? Walk away? That would send a message to the world saying: "You don't need to do what the police say".

Just because he was begging not to be tased, and screaming help, doesn't mean he was right. The boy needs to learn some manners. Maybe jail time will help.

GO GATORS!!!

I saw that clip and as usual kerry is a liar. For him to claim he wasn't aware of the arrest when the boys screams are clearly herd over Kerrys answer to his question, is beyond bizzare but nothing new for a liberal.

He made the statement that he condemns the arrest because he is taking a hit. This is no different then Clinton returning $850,000 because SHE GOT CAUGHT and not because she realized SUDDENLY the donar was a fugitive.

John Kerry is so insignificant in the contemporary debate he's interceded in this doltish, self-aggrandizing student's behalf to make some headlines. The tazing was definitely warranted. If just to counter his inane ranting, I would have tazed him just for the heck of it. Every police officer has been on the receiving end of the device so it's not like it will leaving a mark. Perhaps a lasting impression, but when a doopa-head like this attention-seeking continues acting like a looney, the police were well within their prerogative to administer some juice.

But, as noted before, Kerry condemning the attack is just a vane effort to capture some media attention when he's otherwise been pushed way, way off the media radar screen.

I wonder how long the would have been able to yell if Ann Coulter was speaking?? Only John gets that kind of protection.

As usual, we get a distorted synopsis from the distorted, liberal media.

This kid deserved what he got, and MORE!

There is a line between dissent and 'healthy discussion' as Kerry misspoke, and breaking the law. This kid, obviously a spoiled brat, learned a good lesson: Obey a lawful police order.

John Kerry also has a great deal to learn, because when a U.S. senator cannot distinguish between inciting a riot and a 'healthy discussion,' we're all in trouble.

Reminds me of the melee at Columbia University -- another bastion of liberal assininity.

Very entertaining, especially since it happened at a Kerry speech. What a whiny little punk. Oh, and the hysterical college student was too.

John Kerry was quietly in his glory watching this kid get his comeuppance for having the gall to not stop talking when he suggested that he do so. All he had to do was to tell the police to stop and they would have. If you live in MA like I do you've already heard too many stories about John "Do you know who I am Kerry" to believe anything but that he looks at the rest of the world as his slaves! He’s just another elitist who needs to be