sci.energy.hydrogen

On Sep 19, 12:13 pm, "Paul Thomas, CPA"
wrote:
> "Bob Eld" wrote
>
> > OK..You've basically presented a defense outline for the Cops if any of
> > them
> > are indicted or sued. The courts very well may see it that way, I can't
> > say.
>
> It's going to be tought to prove, beyond doubt, that the amount of force was
> unnecessary, as the kid was sill (for how long now?) struggling against
> them.
>
> I don't know how long from when his time to talk lapsed till he was tazered,
> but it wasn't seconds. The sad thing about most of the videos taken by
> cellphones and amatuer videographers, is that they only come out after
> someone thinks, "hey, this is good stuff", which is minutes after the filmed
> event begins, which the lead-in isn't being filmed (or it was cut out before
> distribution through the web), so context of the whole thing is squed to the
> few minutes on someone cell phone video.
>
> > However, I don't see it that way and feel that the tapes, there are
> > several,
> > speak for themselves. I believe they show obvious police brutality and
> > possible violation of the first and fourth amendments.
>
> > That's why we have courts, to sort through the various claims and counter
> > claims. I hope we see it in court.
>
> /wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR200...
> "In the police report of the incident, officers state that Meyer calmed down
> once in the squad car, even joking with them and saying, "I am not mad at
> you guys; you didn't do anything wrong."
>
> "This was not Meyer's first escapade as a provocateur, but it may be his
> most physically punishing."
>
> "Some have speculated that his penchant for attention (his e-mail handle is
> "famouswriterman") led him to stage the outburst to draw traffic to his Web
> site"
>
> "Asked about speculation that Meyer staged the confrontation, university
> spokesman Steve Orlando said in an interview that someone in the Office of
> Student Affairs told him Meyer brought his own video camera to the forum,
> handing it to a friend before rising to ask his question."
>
> "Levy spoke with Meyer on the phone yesterday afternoon, shortly after his
> release from jail. "He's really upset that people are more concerned with
> the police attack and not with the dialogue he was trying to start with
> Kerry. . . "
>
> Looks like he was setting up the police for a confrontation. Yeah, it
> should go to a court for a jury of his peers to decide.
>
> /article/ALeqM5iKd6WqHKbzWEOiykZZKk3dmGqd7Q
> "The student had no comment after he was released following a night in
> jail."
> "But details from his online writings and videos raised the question of
> whether his actions during the forum were genuine or some kind of stunt."
>
> /news/politics/blog/2007/09/witness_de...
> A story in today's South Florida Sun-Sentinel [gives] the strong impression
> that Meyer is something of a jerk, and that's putting it politely. According
> to that story:
> The cameras did not catch Meyer cutting off a student five words into a
> question, said Kathleen Shea, a junior who attended the forum.
> "Not only did he jump up out of turn to the microphone, he was being very
> condescending," she said.
> That's when students started pulling out their cameras, the student
> organizers cut off his microphone, and campus police tried to pull him away,
> Shea said.
>
> /weblogs/afb/archives/
> "You've heard of the phrase suicide by cop? This was like spotlight by cop.
> The guy was going to use the police attempt to rein him in to egg things on
> as much as he could. I think he wanted things to escalate. I hope University
> of Florida officials realize this and don't throw the cops to the wolves."
>
> /blogs/2007/09/18/publiceye/
> "Let's take the Kerry/Taser story. It's basically a college prank played on
> a former presidential candidate,"
>
> Yeah, he fell on his sword and now people think evil of the sword maker.
>
> --
> Paul A. Thomas, CPA
> Athens, Georgia

I suspect that he was a conservative plant.

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