Infinite MonkeysBy now, you may have seen the video by the University of Florida joker who commandeered the microphone at John Kerry's sparsely attended event on campus the other day. I say "by," because it is obvious that Andrew Meyer — who fancies himself a YouTube comedian — had cameras planted for his latest stunt.
If you haven't seen it, take a look:
As a reader of Jonah on The Corner pointed out, this is a dead-on lift of a classic scene from Monty Python's "Holy Grail." (Seriously, watch it. Laugh and agree). Moving on ...
The guy is a Class-A sissy, wailing and carrying on like I do when I feel a bug sneak up on me and touch my skin. And now we learn, after all that drama, that the kid admitted told the cops, that they "didn't do anything wrong." And, indeed, it was all for show:
In the 12-page report, which gives accounts of the incident from the perspective of eight different officers who were present Monday afternoon, Officer Nicole Mallo writes that Meyer would only resist officers when cameras were present."As (Meyer) was escorted down stairs (at the University Auditorium) with no cameras in sight, he remained quiet, but once the cameras made their way down stairs he started screaming and yelling again," Mallo wrote.
Mallo was one of two officers who actually rode in the vehicle as Meyer was escorted to the Alachua County jail, and she said said he told them during the ride: "I am not mad at you guys, you didn't do anything wrong, you were just trying to do your job," according to Mallo's account.
Mallo also wrote in her report that he asked, at one point, if cameras would be present at the jail.
Huh. Taser him again, "bro." Just for being a tool.
Posted by Dr. Zaius at September 18, 2007 08:09 PMDisagree. He wanted to make a media spectacle and the cops went above and beyond the call of duty to make it so. I've seen plenty of disruptive questioners in my time, including some as disruptive as this guy. I just heard on the radio that the two cops who tasered the guy got suspended. Good.
Posted by: H.L. Monkey at September 19, 2007 08:35 AMLook! T-shirts! Not as funny as "More Cowbell," though.
Posted by: H.L. Monkey at September 19, 2007 08:38 AMI'm with Zaius. The tool should get it again and again. At one point he tried to rush the stage through the cops. Maybe the cop violate dpolicy and should be suspended, but this little douchebag wanted this to happen. All he had to do was cuff-up and be escorted out. I'm sorry, but little shits like this deserve what they get. Punk.
Posted by: JamesPh. at September 19, 2007 09:05 AMGood that cops get suspended for doing their jobs? That's crazy.
Bro, this guy got what he wanted — much more, actually. He's now a superstar, who admitted that the cops did nothing wrong.
Free the Taser Cops!
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at September 19, 2007 12:02 PMIn cuffs on the floor. Yelling your head off and acting like a jerk gets you tased? If that were true, Zaius, I can think of at least a dozen occasions where I should have given you a jolt for your own good. You could probably say the same for me. And don't get me started on Robb.
Posted by: H.L. Monkey at September 19, 2007 04:32 PMFrom my view of the video he was not cuffed yet, that was the problem. Once he's cuffed? The no, it's not justified.
Posted by: JamesPh. at September 19, 2007 08:15 PMIndeed, if you actually read the linked article, you would know that the arresting officers claim they could only get one cuff on him "because he was squirming so much." Sounds like pretty good cause to zap his ass to me.
Posted by: Poochucker at September 19, 2007 10:28 PMYou guys have got to be kidding. I'm reminded of the incident a few years ago when police shot and killed a homeless woman wielding a garden trowel. Well, the trowel was sharp, after all. Better the cops tasered the punk in Florida than shot him, I guess. But, honestly, what nonsense. What a waste of electricity. Next Monkey Summit, everybody is getting tased. That's all there is to it.
Posted by: H.L. Monkey at September 19, 2007 10:39 PMI suppose they could have continued to fight the little punk to get him cuffed. Maybe a few broken fingers, a broken jaw, a dislocated shoulder, etc., would be better than a little pointy dart in his skin?
Posted by: JamesPh. at September 20, 2007 07:31 AMIt's throw poo at H.L. day here at the site.
I invite you, H.L., to tase me until your squeals of glee drown out my screams ... if (1) you are a cop, (2) I am resisting justified arrest, (3) I am not cuffed and have now slipped out of submission and am facing you with fists and feet ready for action.
... Or (4) you pay me $100. If you want me to beg, "Don't tase me bro" at the same time, it'll be $200.
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at September 20, 2007 09:16 PMYou'll take your random and unjustified tazing like a man and, by God, you'll like it. Or you'll just convulse on the floor. Probably just convulse on the floor.
Posted by: H.L. Monkey at September 21, 2007 10:45 AMI now can't get this classic Simpsons clip out of my head.
Good times.
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at September 21, 2007 03:40 PMTo paraphrase H.L., he'll tase you, bro, and we'll dance to the rhythm of your screams.
Posted by: Monkey Brad at September 23, 2007 12:09 AMtazers..... The laws way off sayin... sit down and shut up.... gotta love it
Posted by: coachmonkey at September 28, 2007 12:06 PM