Surely by now everyone has heard the story of the college student who was tasered after taking too long asking Sen. John Kerry a question.  The video is amazing to say the least...  But what I really want to know is who deemed it appropriate to call in the cops in the first place.  Sure maybe he was a bit unruly, but nobody was really being hurt by his run on questioning.  We do have something called the 1st amendment that used to guarantee freedom of speech.  This guy was a scheduled questioner, he wasn't some crazy protestor who was shouting the Senator down.  He was just asking questions, when it became his turn, much like journalists do at a presidential press conference.  I see no difference between what he did and what reporters at the white house do on a daily basis.  The proper course of action would've been to let him finish, then ban him from future speaking engagements if this behavior is not acceptable to the University.   But instead of handling things in a civil matter, somebody had to call upon the power of the police department to forcefully remove this student in a VERY public manner.  THIS was completely uncalled for.  How can you NOT expect the police to cause a scene in the middle of a very public speech while the police surround this guy, then attempt to arrest him apparently for no proper reason, then taser him while surrounding students videotape the entire event.  It is abuse of power at it's worst.  To have the power of the state come in use what in some cases has been lethal force, to remove a "disruption" of a senator's speech.  In the end, they caused an even bigger disruption and the senator's speech will be totally forgotton, but this incident will not be for some time.

How have we as a nation become so intolerant that the police are used in such a manner.  A police state is coming, and this is only a first glimpse of what is to come unless we do something to change it.