Jessup's eyewitness account also strongly suggests that Meyer planned on instigating some fireworks. After all, he handed his camera to Jessup before he stormed the microphone, cutting off another student.
That behavior may explain why the police descended on him, why on the YouTube videos the first time you see him he's flanked by police who appear poised to pounce as he asks his question.
A
story in today's South Florida Sun-Sentinel the strong impression that Meyer is something of a jerk, and that's putting it politely. According to that story:
The cameras did not catch Meyer cutting off a student five words into a question, said Kathleen Shea, a junior who attended the forum. "Not only did he jump up out of turn to the microphone, he was being very condescending," she said.
That's when students started pulling out their cameras, the student organizers cut off his microphone, and campus police tried to pull him away, Shea said.