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Well folks, it looks like Student Body President Ryan Moseley's Student Government administration is on track to let us down again. I am writing about the task force which will review UF's event management and the University Police Department's practices.
On Wednesday, UF President Bernie Machen announced the nine appointments to a task force charged with reviewing UF's event management and University Police practices.
Fire alarms went off around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday inside the Constans Theatre on campus.
UF President Bernie Machen decided Monday to reschedule the Oct. 11 appearance of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
UF President Bernie Machen decided Monday to reschedule the Oct. 11 appearance of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Although the Tasering of Andrew Meyer, a UF telecommunication senior, has been scrutinized from every camera angle, the legal implications of the situation remain clouded.
Tasers have been used 17 times in University Police Department incidents since summer 2001, according to the UPD spokesman.
The outrage over Monday's incident at the Sen. John Kerry lecture has gone as far as inspiring protests on campus. Students are livid about the actions of the University Police Department.
Andrew Meyer, the UF student Tasered by University Police Officers, has garnered a lot of coverage from us over the past few days. We collected it all here to better tell the story.
It would be an understatement to say we're glad it's Friday. This all Andrew Meyer, all the time coverage has just about driven us here in the Department of Darts & Laurels over the edge. But nonetheless, we're here for this week's recap of Tasergate. So read on, brave souls. If you don't, we might Taser you. Enjoy this week's "Don't Tase me, bro" edition of…
Such brutality as conducted by the campus police at the Kerry event shows that campus Police Chief Linda Stump is either culpable for their behavior because she ordered the excessive force or gave permission for it, or she is out of control of her officers.
To the individuals who defaced the memorial to Lt. Corey Dahlem on the 34th Street Wall: Regardless about what you may believe about UPD's actions, you have crossed the line. By tagging the now infamous "Don't Tase me, bro!" over a memorial to a dedicated and upstanding officer, you covered up the most visible mark of an officer who exemplified how to protect and serve.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, known as FDLE, has begun its investigation into the University Police Department's controversial use of a Taser on Monday.
While some students continue to protest the Tasering and arrest of UF student Andrew Meyer, other people are questioning Meyer himself.
Though its numbers had dwindled, a group of about 70 UF students marched through the drizzling rain Wednesday to again protest the Monday arrest and Tasering of UF student Andrew Meyer.
Kudos to Kyle Cox on his commentary regarding UF student Andrew Meyer. Thank you for covering many points the media failed to address during their biased audio clips. Anyone who has viewed the full-length videos of the incident would have to admit there were multiple non-forceful steps taken prior to Tasering Meyer. These steps, although unsuccessful, included asking him to step away from the microphone, turning the microphone off, attempting to peacefully escort him out, attempting to secure and handcuff him and warning him prior to Tasering. The video also showed at the time of the Tasering, Meyer's left arm not secured behind his back, but rather stretched out where he was using it to brace himself in a clear attempt to resist arrest.
In regards to the Tasering incident on campus during the Kerry forum, the UPD officers acted appropriately in the handling of Meyer. Students and faculty quick to cry out that this was an injustice need to objectively look at this situation and realize Meyer caused the incident, not the police.
Considering all that's happened this week - Andrew Meyer, Tasers, UPD, worldwide news coverage and so on - everything else just seems boring in comparison. Take, for instance, the Gator Party platform.
It never ceases to amaze me how liberals are able to cast any situation in a light that is beneficial to them; the most recent case in point being the infamous "Don't Tase me, bro" incident Monday on our campus. In the amount of time it takes to upload a shaky video on YouTube, the liberal talking points were already spelled out: Fascist police use force to squash free speech.
Monday's Tasering did not mark the first time Andrew Meyer has been surrounded by controversy.
Solutions by The State News
