A university student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was tasered by campus police and arrested after loudly and repeatedly trying to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry questions during a campus forum. God, political speeches never had so much action!
Andrew Meyer, 21, spent a night in jail before his release from jail Tuesday morning on his own recognizance. He had no comment when he left. His attorney, Robert Griscti, did not return messages seeking comment. Why? Because videos of the Monday night incident were posted on several Web sites and played repeatedly on television news. Buddy, you got owned. Hell, you got pwned.
The video shows University of Florida police officers pulling Meyer away from the microphone after he asked Kerry about impeaching President Bush and whether he and Bush were both members of the secret society Skull and Bones at Yale University.
University spokesman Steve Orlando said Meyer was asked to leave the microphone after his allotted time was up. Meyer was seen refusing to walk away and getting upset that the microphone was cut off. As two officers took Meyer by the arms, Kerry could be heard saying, "That's all right, let me answer his question."
Audience members applauded, and Meyer struggled for several seconds as up to four officers tried to remove him from the room. Meyer screamed for help and tried to break away from officers, but was forced to the ground as officers ordered him to stop resisting.
As Kerry told the audience he would answer the student's "very important question," Meyer yelled at the officers to release him, crying out, "Don't Tase me, bro," just before he is shocked by the Taser.
Funboy was arrested on charges of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace.
University President J. Bernard Machen called the situation "regretful" in an afternoon news conference and said two officers involved in the incident were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the probe. "We're absolutely committed to having a safe environment for our faculty and our students so that a free exchange of ideas can occur," Machen said.
Me? I like seeing students tasered for the comedy aspect. You see, Meyer has his own site that contains several "comedy" (yes, in quotes) videos which he appears in. In one, he stands in a street with a sign that says "Harry Dies" after the latest Harry Potter book was released. In another, he acts like a drunk while trying to pick up a woman in a bar. Damn, that is "comedy"!
The site also has what is, at best, a "disorganized diatribe" attributed to Meyer that criticizes the Iraq war, the news media for not covering the conflict enough and the American public for paying too much attention to celebrity news. No word on how many beer bongs were consumed during the composition of said discourse.
And now, two (!) eyewitness videos of Funboy. Interweb, you are freedom!
Andrew Meyer, 21, spent a night in jail before his release from jail Tuesday morning on his own recognizance. He had no comment when he left. His attorney, Robert Griscti, did not return messages seeking comment. Why? Because videos of the Monday night incident were posted on several Web sites and played repeatedly on television news. Buddy, you got owned. Hell, you got pwned.
The video shows University of Florida police officers pulling Meyer away from the microphone after he asked Kerry about impeaching President Bush and whether he and Bush were both members of the secret society Skull and Bones at Yale University.
University spokesman Steve Orlando said Meyer was asked to leave the microphone after his allotted time was up. Meyer was seen refusing to walk away and getting upset that the microphone was cut off. As two officers took Meyer by the arms, Kerry could be heard saying, "That's all right, let me answer his question."
Audience members applauded, and Meyer struggled for several seconds as up to four officers tried to remove him from the room. Meyer screamed for help and tried to break away from officers, but was forced to the ground as officers ordered him to stop resisting.
As Kerry told the audience he would answer the student's "very important question," Meyer yelled at the officers to release him, crying out, "Don't Tase me, bro," just before he is shocked by the Taser.
Funboy was arrested on charges of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace.
University President J. Bernard Machen called the situation "regretful" in an afternoon news conference and said two officers involved in the incident were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the probe. "We're absolutely committed to having a safe environment for our faculty and our students so that a free exchange of ideas can occur," Machen said.
Me? I like seeing students tasered for the comedy aspect. You see, Meyer has his own site that contains several "comedy" (yes, in quotes) videos which he appears in. In one, he stands in a street with a sign that says "Harry Dies" after the latest Harry Potter book was released. In another, he acts like a drunk while trying to pick up a woman in a bar. Damn, that is "comedy"!
The site also has what is, at best, a "disorganized diatribe" attributed to Meyer that criticizes the Iraq war, the news media for not covering the conflict enough and the American public for paying too much attention to celebrity news. No word on how many beer bongs were consumed during the composition of said discourse.
And now, two (!) eyewitness videos of Funboy. Interweb, you are freedom!
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