Whether you like the guy or agree with him, I still think its a sad day when a non-threatening person can be pinned and tazered for wielding only a book and words. Tazering is extremely unhealthy for the victim.

I could have understood it, maybe if it was Hulk Hogan and he had started throwing punches, but this kid was just loud.

From the reaction you would have thought he was weilding a deadly weapon, not a book. I found it downright opressive. Another thing to keep in mind, was the location. It was a University campus. If you cant speak your mind to a politician on your own campus at a public forum without fear of bodily harm from the authorities then when and where can you do so?