John Kerry tried to answer the question and said, “that’s alright … Let me answer his question,” as the police began to arrest the student. He asked if “President Clinton was impeached because of a bl–j-b, why not Bush?” The disorderly student asked Senator John Kerry if he was in the same secret society (Skull and Bones at Yale University) as George Bush. Andrew Meyer, a student attending the speech, rushed the microphone of the Town Hall Forum after the speech shouting that Senator Kerry should “spend time to answer everyone’s questions!” and taunted the University of Florida police officers while asking odd questions directed at Kerry. Senator John Kerry was at the University of Florida – Gainesville to speak on the Middle East, Iraq, and diplomacy. In this video, which is closer to the taser incident, you can hear the discharge of the taser at the Town Hall Forum. Mace could not be used because of the proximity of innocent people in a crowded auditorium.Ī University of Florida student arrested and tasered for ‘Disrupting a Public Event’ and ‘Resisting Arrest’ and sent to county jail. Electrical current above 10 mA at 60Hz AC is considered to be potentially lethal to humans, though not all electroshock weapons pulse the current at 60 Hz. M-26 Taser models produce a peak current of 18 amperes in pulses that last for around 10 microseconds and use eight AA batteries). It may take several seconds to subdue a subject with 100 kV, but only about a second with 1 MV (1,000 kV). Usually, the higher the voltage, the more effective it is. Experts generally agree that this margin is highly dependent on the overall health of the person subjected to the shock. However, because the amount of current is relatively low, there is considered to be a ‘margin’ of safety by a number of medical experts. The resulting ‘shock’ is caused by muscles twitching uncontrollably, appearing as muscle spasms. The relatively low electric current must be pushed by high voltage to overcome the electrical resistance of the human body. The recipient feels great pain, and can be momentarily paralyzed while an electric current is being applied. Electroshock weapon technology uses a temporary high-voltage low-current electrical discharge to override the body’s muscle-triggering mechanisms. In 2005 the Florida PTA urged the Florida Legislature to authorize an independent study on the effects of Taser guns/stun devices on the human body, especially children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerabilities, provide a mechanism for training of officers based on research, and to set clearly defined guidelines on the use of Taser guns/stun devices as means of necessary force and that the use of Taser guns/stun devices be permissible only in instances where lethal force would otherwise be necessary.Ī taser is a category of non-lethal force using an electric shock that police officers use to subdue people who are resisting arrest. Student protest in support of Andrew Meyer being organized.Īfter University of Florida student, Andrew Meyer, 21, was tasered for resisting arrest and for disrupting a public form, issues will come forward about the procedures and decision to use a taser gun. City of Gainesville Meeting Minutes on Taser Purchase April 2007 (pdf).
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