Taser him, bro.

So, Andrew Meyer, if you haven't heard, is a kid who was tazered at Florida University during a Question/Answer session with John Kerry. If you haven't seen the video I suggest that you do. For it is a truly spectacular stunt.

This was not the Kent State shootings. This was not a tragic example of "the man" keeping students down. This was a stunt. The idiot burts into the room yelling, resists arrest, and then squirms on the ground screaming as they taser him. It would be a truly moving performance if not for the fact that tasers don't make you squirm on the ground screaming. They subdue you so that you can be handcuffed if you are resisting arrest while being an obstreperous jackass.

And, yeah, you could possibly argue that maybe the taser did hurt him. And maybe he was trying to just be a student and ask his question. But then you read about it and find little jewels like, "The video of the arrest was taken on his own camera, which he had brought to the John Kerry Q&A session" and "Police claimed that Mr Meyer’s behaviour was very different when the camera was no longer rolling. One officer told the Associated Press that Mr Meyer asked, “Are you taping this? Do you have this? You ready?” before beginning his questions." Top it off with the fact that Andrew Meyer has a website with the clever url of andrewmeyer.com whereon you can find other videos of him being a dipshit, and the case makes itself.

This wasn't tragic. This needn't be protested. It was just a situation wherein an attention seeking whore got what he deserved and the arresting officers, who were doing their job appropriately, were suspended with full pay.