A heckler at a speech by John Kerry in Florida has been tasered - Kerry described the incident as a "good healthy discussion" that was "interrupted" by Andrew Meyer being arrested and Tasered by police!
In 37 years of public appearances, through wars, protests and highly emotional events, I have never had a dialogue end this way," Kerry said in a statement. "I believe I could have handled the situation without interruption, but I do not know what warnings or other exchanges transpired between the young man and the police prior to his barging to the front of the line and their intervention. I asked the police to allow me to answer the question and was in the process of responding when he was taken into custody."
"I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building," he continued. "I hope that neither the student nor any of the police were injured. I regret enormously that a good healthy discussion was interrupted."
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http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3617810
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