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Student Tasered at Kerry Speech

Senior zapped and arrested for disrupting U of Florida forum

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Sep 18, 2007 4:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – Police Tasered and arrested a University of Florida student after his belligerent questioning of John Kerry during a campus event last night. Andrew Meyer, who has a history of recording his own pranks, spent the night in jail after pressing Kerry beyond his allotted time, the AP reports. Officers removed him as he struggled and screamed, "What did I do?"

Meyer, who has a website where he posts videos of himself doing practical jokes, was charged with disturbing the peace and resisting an officer and was released this morning. The officers involved are on administrative leave pending an investigation. Kerry said today he had no idea the student was Tasered and expressed regret that a "good healthy discussion was interrupted."

University of Florida student Andrew Meyer struggles with University Police as officers try to remove him from a question and answer session with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in Gainesville, Fla. Meyer, 21, was Tasered and arrested after he angrily and repeatedly tried to ask Kerry about...
University of Florida student Andrew Meyer struggles with University Police as officers try to remove him from a question and answer session with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in Gainesville,...   (Associated Press)
University of Florida student Andrew Meyer speaks with university police after being removed from a forum where Sen. John Kerry was speaking in Gainesville, Fla., Monday Sept. 17, 2007. Meyer, 21, was Tasered and arrested after he angrily and repeatedly tried to ask Kerry about the 2004 election and other...
University of Florida student Andrew Meyer speaks with university police after being removed from a forum where Sen. John Kerry was speaking in Gainesville, Fla., Monday Sept. 17, 2007. Meyer, 21, was...   (Associated Press)
Andrew Meyer's attorney, Robert Griscti, speaks during Meyer's arraignment at the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center in Gainesville, Fla., TuesdaySept. 18, 2007. Meyer, 21, a University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying angrily and repeatedly to ask U.S. Senator John Kerry about the 2004 election and...
Andrew Meyer's attorney, Robert Griscti, speaks during Meyer's arraignment at the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center in Gainesville, Fla., TuesdaySept. 18, 2007. Meyer, 21, a University of Florida...   (Associated Press)
University of Florida student Andrew Meyer, 21, is released from the Alachua County Jail in Gainesville, Fla., on his own recognizance Tuesday morning, Sept. 18, 2007. Meyer was arrested and Tasered by campus police on Monday after repeatedly interrupting a speech given by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at...
University of Florida student Andrew Meyer, 21, is released from the Alachua County Jail in Gainesville, Fla., on his own recognizance Tuesday morning, Sept. 18, 2007. Meyer was arrested and Tasered by...   (Associated Press)
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