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In reply to the discussion: Obama's re-election causing mental disorders [View all]musette_sf
(10,501 posts)but not motivated enough to Google it first, to avoid sounding like a nitwit with a non-Dem agenda?
the kid had already been acting out as a pure-D a-hole before and during the event. but despite his belligerence and a-holeness, Senator Kerry ACTUALLY said "That's all right, let me answer his question".
and during the altercation, re which the pure-D a-hole could have exercised better self-control in the first place, Senator Kerry continued his response to the kid's question, which he referred to as "very important".
and the day after, Senator Kerry issued this statement:
"In 37 years of public appearances, through wars, protests and highly emotional events, I have never had a dialogue end this way. I believe I could have handled the situation without interruption, but I do not know what warnings or other exchanges transpired between the young man and the police prior to his barging to the front of the line and their intervention. I asked the police to allow me to answer the question and was in the process of responding when he was taken into custody. I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building. I hope that neither the student nor any of the police were injured. I regret enormously that a good healthy discussion was interrupted."
so, your issue, if you really do have one (which i doubt since you neglected to research your claim prior to posting here), is with the university's law enforcement department - over which Senator Kerry had no power or influence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Florida_Taser_incident