News Sources: Police Use Tasers on Student

The tactics of police in Florida who Tasered a cheeky student as he tried to question former presidential candidate Senator John Kerry have been called into question after a video of the incident was posted on the internet. The officers responsible have been suspended on full pay while the debate rages over whether the student was a victim of police brutality or an attention-seeking prankster who got what he deserved. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Christopher Pyle - Professor of Politics, Mount Holyoke College - Pyle is a noted scholar of constitutional law and civil liberties, extradition, He is an expert on both USA Patriot Acts and issues pertaining to civil liberties in the midst of the war on terror. He is a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and author of Military Surveillance of Civilian Politics, 1967-1970.

Kimberly Shankman - Professor of Politics and Government, Ripon College - Shankman is an expert in American politics and constitutional law and has served as chairwoman for the Wisconsin State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Lane V. Sunderland - Chancie Booth Ferris Professor of Political Science, Knox College - Sunderland is a constitutional scholar and the author of Popular Government and the Supreme Court: Securing the Public Good and Private Rights.