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Probe Clears UF Police in Andrew Meyer ‘Don’t Tase Me Bro’ Taser Incident
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The police and the Taser ‘win.’ A report has been released:
Two University of Florida police officers who Tasered a student at a recent political forum were justified in their actions, according to a report released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old UF student, was pinned to the ground by […]
Smithsonian, Boston, and Other Major Libraries Say No to Google
Monday, October 22nd, 2007The New York Times reports today that several major libraries are saying no to Google:
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections.
The research libraries, including a large consortium […]
Andrew Meyer and the Tasering of Civility and Constitutionality
Thursday, September 20th, 2007The tasering of Andrew Meyer at the University of Florida continues to generate commentary and reactions worldwide. On YouTube we can watch countless videos, including this protest rally at the University of Florida.
Through it all, Privacy Maven finds it remarkable that discussion of the deeper issues is somewhat eclipsed by caustic banter about […]
Andrew Meyer and the Taser Heard Around the World
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007By now there are countless opinions of the Andrew Meyer taser incident which took place a few days ago at the University of Florida, and which has been documented via numerous YouTube videos.
This video documents Andrew Meyer’s entire question and the police action which ensued.
Another video of the incident:
This video documents what occurred […]