Dien Rice
September 19, 2007, 12:05 AM
I was shocked (as many others) at the video footage of the tasing of the university student at the University of Florida, for asking a very long-winded question...
You can see footage of it here (from different angles, since there was more than one camera)...
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/tudent_Tasered_for_asking_Senator_Kerry_0917.html
However, now I've read that (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/18/student.tasered/)...
He then turned to a woman and said "Are you taping this? Do you have this? You ready?" the report said.
Clarissa Jessup, who contributed I-Report video of the incident to CNN, said Meyer gave her his camera and asked her to shoot video of him posing his questions to Kerry.
and
Meyer was carrying a business card advertising "TheAndrewMeyer.com 'Speak My Mind,' " the police report said.
The Web site features videos of Meyer taking part in several practical jokes. It also includes a "disorganized diatribe" that criticizes the war in Iraq and the media.
This suggests that this started out as a "publicity stunt" designed to promote his website - which probably went further than he expected!
I guess it's it shows you should be aware of the risks you might take with poorly-planned publicity stunts...
Food for thought...
- Dien
You can see footage of it here (from different angles, since there was more than one camera)...
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/tudent_Tasered_for_asking_Senator_Kerry_0917.html
However, now I've read that (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/18/student.tasered/)...
He then turned to a woman and said "Are you taping this? Do you have this? You ready?" the report said.
Clarissa Jessup, who contributed I-Report video of the incident to CNN, said Meyer gave her his camera and asked her to shoot video of him posing his questions to Kerry.
and
Meyer was carrying a business card advertising "TheAndrewMeyer.com 'Speak My Mind,' " the police report said.
The Web site features videos of Meyer taking part in several practical jokes. It also includes a "disorganized diatribe" that criticizes the war in Iraq and the media.
This suggests that this started out as a "publicity stunt" designed to promote his website - which probably went further than he expected!
I guess it's it shows you should be aware of the risks you might take with poorly-planned publicity stunts...
Food for thought...
- Dien
