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"Don't Tase Me Bro'" Confrontation Leads To New Rules At UF

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – updated: 10:16 am EDT April 23, 2008

New taser restrictions at the University of Florida are being implemented after a now infamous taser takedown on the campus.


SLIDESHOW: Student Tasered During Press Conference
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READ: FDLE Report On Tasering Of UF Student (PDF)

University of Florida President Bernie Machen has agreed to accept a committee's recommendations on restricted Taser use. He appointed the committee of faculty and students after a UF student who was Tased made national headlines.

The new policy, however, would still allow campus police to use a Taser stun gun against any student who disrupted a campus forum.

Student Andrew Meyer physically resisted being escorted from an auditorium by police and was Tased at a September forum with U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.

Critics of Taser use have expressed concern that people who have pre-existing medical conditions may be placed at fatal risk when shot with the stun guns.

The report says the revised Taser guidelines try to strike a balance between the needs of security and law enforcement and the safety of detainees.

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