<P> Apart from the taser use issues, one must consider the free speech implications of the police officers' actions ", said Howard Simon, ACLU of Florida Executive Director . "People have a reasonable expectation to ask questions in a public setting--even if they are aggressive and some disagree with their position--that is free speech plain and simple . Similarly--Kerry had a reasonable expectation to be able to answer those questions . Neither of them was able to exercise their free speech rights due to the police action . </P> <P> News articles about the incident have reported that Meyer had posted on his website numerous comedy videos . It has also been pointed out that Meyer made arrangements to have himself filmed and have speculated that the incident may have been a stunt by Meyer . The reported behavior of Meyer when no cameras were present is also cited as evidence that the incident was a prank . The police report claimed that "as (Meyer) was escorted down stairs with no cameras in sight, he remained quiet, but once the cameras made their way down stairs he started screaming and yelling again ." Additionally, the report asserts that Meyer was "laughing and being lighthearted in the car, his demeanor completely changed once the cameras were not in sight ." The police officers have claimed that during the ride, Meyer said: "I am not mad at you guys, you didn't do anything wrong, you were just trying to do your job ." </P> <P> John Levy, a graduate student at the university and a friend of Meyer's since the second grade, has said that he spoke with Meyer shortly before Meyer entered the Kerry forum . He said that Meyer felt excited, had come up with several questions, and wanted to hear the senator's responses . Levy also said that Meyer was "really upset that people are more concerned with the police attack and not with the dialogue he was trying to start with Kerry" and that "What kind of message does that send? He wants to show students it's okay to ask hard questions, and then he gets tased for doing it ." In the 2008 film Free For All, filmmaker John Ennis and Greg Palast (the author of the book Meyer was holding during the event) strongly echo this sentiment . When "asked about speculation that Meyer staged the confrontation", University spokesman Steve Orlando has stated that a member of the Office of Student Affairs told Orlando that Meyer brought a video camera to the forum and gave it to Clarissa Jessup, the young woman who was next in line to ask a question, with whom he was unacquainted, before he spoke . Henry Perlstein, a university senior who has known Meyer since high school, said, "My first impression was that (the video) was a home movie he made for his friends because it was so surreal . Then I heard the screams and he sounded genuinely afraid ." Amos Eshel, a fellow UF student who has known Meyer since middle school and who attended his arraignment in September 2007, later told reporters that Meyer does "like to speak his mind" but that Meyer is not the type of person who would attempt to start trouble . </P> <P> On September 18, in Emerson Alumni Hall, University of Florida President, J. Bernard Machen held a press conference about the incident . He also issued a letter in which he stated that the University Police Chief Linda Stump had requested that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) investigate the arrest . President Machen stated that "We plan to assemble a panel of faculty and students to review our police protocols, our management practices and the FDLE report to come up with a series of recommendations for the university ." The State Attorney's Office will review the charges as well . </P>

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