Palast-Re: Tasered Student: “Maybe I’ll go down and cover the trial”

[kpete]

Author of tasered student’s ‘mystery book’ points to irony in incident
Published September 19th, 2007 in Articles
Filed by Jason Rhyne

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“It’s one ugly place,” said Palast, who also added that the police’s actions in the Meyer case pale in comparison to intimidation techniques used by authorities against minority voters during elections.

As for the tasered Meyer, the author says he sympathizes.

“I must admit I feel some appreciation for ,”Palast writes at his website, “especially because, even while he was being shot with untold amps of electricity, until he was handcuffed, he would not let go of his mysterious yellow book…”

Palast says he would like to speak to the student and has contacted Meyer’s lawyer to arrange a conversation.

Calling the area the “center of the attack on the black voter,” Palast pointed to a 2001 article he wrote in The Nation which details what he says were efforts under Republican-led state government to purge voting rolls of felons who were convicted in other states–eligible voters under Florida law–almost half of which may be black, according to statistics in the piece.

“It’s one ugly place,” said Palast, who also added that the police’s actions in the Meyer case pale in comparison to intimidation techniques used by authorities against minority voters during elections.

As for the tasered Meyer, the author says he sympathizes.

“I must admit I feel some appreciation for (Meyer),”Palast writes at his website, “especially because, even while he was being shot with untold amps of electricity, until he was handcuffed, he would not let go of his mysterious yellow book…”

Palast says he would like to speak to the student and has contacted Meyer’s lawyer to arrange a conversation.

“Maybe I’ll go down and cover the trial,” the journalist added, dead seriously.
the journalist added, dead seriously.

http://www.gregpalast.com/author-of-tasered-students-mystery-book-points-to-irony-in-incident/

[SidDithers]

1. Hehe, I misread that headline...

I thought Palast tasered the student again!

Sid

[ret5hd]

2. One correction for Palast:

very low amps...very high voltage

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. Palast could have also mentioned that once Meyer was taken out of the hall and being written-up

by the cops, he specifically asked where his book was and then asked about his other belongings.