Now, I’m sure that many of you have probably seen this video before, on the web, on TV, you name it. Now, I know that I tend to not put political comments on this blog, but this is one case that I have a number of comments about. But then, today during my English class, my teacher brought up this event because we’re in the middle of a unit focusing on the theme of “rebellion,” and she even showed the video off to the class. I didn’t watch the video with the class because I had seen it the night before. We were then asked to comment on the video, in particular to respond to was it necessary for this guy to get tased, however I didn’t write anything on there to turn in, because many more opinions about the incident began to form in my brain than could be written down on a small scrap of paper in 2 minutes.
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