Tucker Carlson and "Leave his name in the comments if you know who this guy is" Newcaster 1 had an interesting exchange last night on MSNBC about the incident.

Newscaster 1: If you listen closely for a sound of a taser gun… (plays clip)

[No close or careful listening required, by the way. --eds.]

Newscaster 1: So he got tased for asking John Kerry a strange question about the 2004 presidential election. Hmm, you do the math on that one.

Tucker: And all those tough guys standing over him, like nineteen cops and policewomen standing over him couldn’t get the cuffs on him so they had to [shoot/get] him with a taser gun? They ought to be ashamed with themselves. That’s disgusting.

Let’s try to ignore Tucker’s blatant disgust for female cops and focus on the story at hand:

Meyer was a little rude, or as Newscaster 1 goes on to state, “the guy was a little annoying, he was sort of pestering Senator Kerry.” This fits with anecdotal reports that claim Meyer is “a huge ****.”

But does dealing with an "****" who is "sort of pestering Senator Kerry" require the extreme measures of force used by UPD?  No!  As OTR blogger Johnny Quest so aptly says:

“Are you allowed to be an **** and still be protected under the constitution? Yes. That's what freedom is all about, an American citizen's right to be an ****. A non-violent act should never be met with violence.” Hear, hear.