I haven't found continuous (no edits) video, but this is the most complete I've seen so far, giving the context of the student's full question:


Story here.

I'll grant that the guy's somewhat obnoxious, but the police hassle him not only excessively but almost as soon as he starts a pointed question.

Update:

I should add that "obnoxiousness" would only have been justification for one of the event organizers to ask him to pick one question, get to the point, and let the guest speaker answer.

On what basis did the cops get in the business of hurrying up the guy's answer almost from the get-go? Because the student was merely impassioned?

And on what basis did they drag him off? For verbosity?

Further, the AP's characterization does not jibe with what the video shows:

A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying angrily and repeatedly to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry about the 2004 election and other subjects....

He is zealous about the issues that concern him, but there is nothing threatening in his demeanor, and he speechifies a little and tries to ask three questions when one is the usual protocol, but he does not appear to have anything more violent in mind than waving a Greg Palast book around. So why was he dragged off and tasered?