University of Florida police cleared in taser probe

the internal investigation into the "taser" incident involving UF student Andrew Meyer (which i blogged about here, rather weakly i admit...) has been completed, and a report has been released which finds that the University Police Department officers "were justified in their actions", according to the Gainesville Sun.

it was discovered during the investigation that, just as i had always suspected, that this guy Meyer was just a clown looking to make an ass of himself:

Apart from detailing the events that led to Meyer's Tasering, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement suggests Meyer had planned to act out during the campus political event. Meyer told a friend a week before the event that he would put on a show when Kerry came to UF, according to a witness who says he overheard the conversation.

The conversation took place on Sept. 11, according to the report, on a day when Meyer approached a student group on campus that was supporting former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign.

"Giuliani supporters had an interaction with (Meyer) in the Plaza of the Americas which resulted in (Meyer) allegedly kicking their candidate's signs. (Meyer's) behavior was characterized by witnesses as boisterous and provocative," the report says.

Meyer then proceeded to have a "heated exchange" with a female student who disagreed with Meyer's actions or views, the report says.

According to the report, Meyer then told an unnamed friend that, "If he liked what he had seen, referencing the verbal exchange/confrontation he had with the female student, that he should go to the Kerry speech and he would really see a show."

it wouldn't surprise me to find out that Meyer had come up with "don't tase me, bro!" beforehand.

a link to the actual report can be accessed here.