Although I do not agree with the use of a taser for this situation, I have to admit that I jumped to conclusions when first watching the video, and before hearing additional information surrounding this incident.
Watching the
longer version of the video (especially what led up to all of this) gave me a bit of a different outlook on the whole thing.
Watch (and listen) carefully how many times he was asked to leave the mic after the allotted time expired. When they finally turned his mic off (due to time limit and his sexually explicit language) he was again asked to step away from the mic.
It appears that it was after his outburst at that point that the campus police stepped in. Initially they only appear to be leading him away but he began screaming and breaking away from them.
There are also witnesses who mention him setting up a bystander to video tape everything before he got to the mic. Add this student's history into the picture and you start to see a student who likely intended and planned to cause as big of a ruckus as he possible could.
At the very least, there is certainly more to this story than what the headlines would like for us to believe.
Just my
