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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-30-07 04:41 PM
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Criminal Charges Dropped Against Tasered Florida Student in Exchange for Apology


Criminal Charges Dropped Against Tasered Florida Student in Exchange for Apology
Opinions on Democracy, Media, Stolen Elections Now Posted on Tased, but not Confused, Andrew Meyer's Website...


All criminal charges against Andrew "Don't Tase Me, Bro" Meyer have now been dropped in exchange for an apology from the 21-year old student. We guess he didn't "incite a riot" after all, as originally charged by the police who tasered him.

Meyer, however, remains defiant, and stands by the line of questioning that got him tased (inappropriately, in our opinion) for asking three questions of Sen. John Kerry during a recent, now-infamous, event at the University of Florida (video here).

On his website today, now that he's out of hot water, Meyer posts a number of interesting opinions...

COMPLETE STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5224
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-30-07 04:42 PM
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1. Ooops, maybe it wasn't such a sincere apology after all. Coercion on top of coercion.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-30-07 04:45 PM
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2. Don't charge me, Bro! n/t
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-30-07 05:20 PM
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3. The police were acquitted of wrong-doing too
Since this kid had disrupted previous events and they had tapes showing his glee at getting arrested. Did you write that up?
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