The University of Florida Police Department is taking some heat for the less than subtle means they used to shut up Andrew Meyer during a John Kerry presentation. Wearing the over-abused cliche drooping khaki pants and a t-shirt, this guy was obviously no threat to anyone. The cops didn’t get his prank or thought it was funny, so they tasered him. More than once actually. Being obnoxious doesn’t merit tasering. Sometimes I wish it did, but it doesn’t. A strong punch to the jaw I think would have shut him up more effectively and would have probably led to a lot less publicity. Media folks just don’t run around publishing stories with a headline that reads something to the effect of “Student punched in jaw!”. Proper plan, bad execution.  The upside of all this is it gives me a good reason to watch Monty Python some more:
Now, Arthur had it down perfect. When someone protests too much, just walk away and ignore them.
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