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As you can see from the video, John Kerry had finished his lecture to a roomful of University of Florida students on Monday (18 September), and was taking questions from his audience "...when [a student, Andrew Myers] passed his alloted one minute mic time, [and] five cops jumped him, threw him to the ground, shot him with taser shockers. 

Kerry, true to character, stood immobile."

I suppose this isn't much different from police shooting water canons (and worse) at Black students trying to attend segregated schools back in George Wallace's Alabama, but that was nearly a half-century ago.  Only the technology has changed.  That, and the politician who stood there while the police delivered 50,000 volts of electricity into a man who wanted him (Kerry) to answer three questions:  Why did the senator concede the election in 2004 to Bush; Why hasn't he pressed for impeachment; and is it a fact that both he (Kerry) and Bush were members of the Skull & Bones Society while they were at Yale.  Too tough to be answered, John?

Here's Palast's report:

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Student Tasered for Armed Madhouse Question to Kerry

"[Palast] said you won the 2004 election - isn't that amazing?
There were multiple reports of disenfranchising of Black voters on the day of the election in 2004 in Florida and Ohio. ... How could you concede the election on the day?"

by Greg Palast

We warned you: 'Armed Madhouse' is a dangerous book.  Yesterday, Andrew Meyers, a University of Florida student was attacked by five cops, zapped with tasers and arrested after demanding that Senator John Kerry answer the question.

Meyers, just released from jail and now facing five years in prison for resisting arrest, held up a copy of the book and began,

Student to John Kerry:  "I want to recommend a book to you. It's called 'Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast.'  He's the top investigative journalist in America."

Kerry:  "I have the book. I've already read it."

Student:  "... In this book, it says there were 5 million votes and you won the election.  ... How could you concede the election on the day?"

Meyers, a telecommunications student at the Gainesville campus, asked related questions including a query as to why Kerry refused to vote for impeachment.  When he passed his alloted one minute mic time, five cops jumped him, threw him to the ground, shot him with taser shockers. 

Kerry, true to character, stood immobile.

Now, I've given many talks. And some questioners have taken too long at the mic.  But I've never done the Stalin thing of cops and electronic beating to limit the discussion.  (Yes, it's true that Randi Rhodes recently threatened me with a taser when I've monopolized the mic in her studio.)

The Washington Post reported only that Meyers was holding a "mysterious yellow book."  VERY mysterious.

I would note that enchained student was busted in Alachua County, Florida, where, six years ago, I uncovered massive, systematic and utterly illegal disenfranchisement of Black voters - ordered by Gov. Jeb Bush's office just before the 2000 election.  ("Florida's Disappeared Voters," February 2001, The Nation.)  Alachua remains under federal scrutiny for its long history of racial bias against Black voters.

I must admit I feel some appreciation for Meyers, especially because, even while he was being shot with untold amps of electricity, until he was handcuffed, he would not let go of his mysterious yellow book, 'Armed Madhouse.'

Hear the update live tonight on the new "Palast Report" on Air America Radio.  The Palast Report will now broadcast every Tuesday night, at 9:30pm, on Richard Greene's new weeknight show, "Clout."
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