The man whose public pain and suffering brought joy to Americans in 2007 thinks that arming MTA employees with Tasers is a bad idea. “Bus drivers aren’t law enforcement officers, and using the Taser demands a significant amount of training,” Andrew "Don't Tase Me, Bro!" Meyer told the Daily News. “It’s significant force at the push of a button, and not everyone appreciates how dangerous it is.” Whatever man, you shouldn't have, like, publicly voiced dissent unless you wanted electric current shooting through your muscle tissue.
Democratic State Senator Eric Adams is sponsoring the bill that would arm bus drivers and subway operators with Tasers, and TWU Local 100 President John Samulsen said that it would "end" assaults on employees by passengers (which are on the rise), sort of like how just last month Tasers finally ushered in an era of peace in the Middle East.
Meyer, who is now a law student, thinks that better solutions to increased violence against transit employees is plexiglass partitions and more policing. The MTA and the NYPD both oppose the bill, but that's probably because they forgot how hillllarious this video is.
