Student tazered at UCLA for not having his ID

[Hawkeye]

For you people defending the officers in any way: http://dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=38958

What people who witnessed it said:

"It was the most disgusting and vile act I had ever seen in my life," said David Remesnitsky, a 2006 UCLA alumnus who witnessed the incident.

As the student and the officers were struggling, bystanders repeatedly asked the police officers to stop, and at one point officers told the gathered crowd to stand back and threatened to use a Taser on anyone who got too close.

Laila Gordy, a fourth-year economics student who was present in the library during the incident, said police officers threatened to shoot her with a Taser when she asked an officer for his name and his badge number.

Arrest him if he won't leave. Don't keep tasering him because he won't get up. That's horrible.

Do you really believe that this story present both sides to this problem? And what the hell was the guy doing screaming at the top of his lungs? This whole thing is ridiculous; the cops were strict with their authority. They asked repeatedly for the guy to stand up, and the guy refused. The guy was hysterical.

It's nice to not notice how this whole thing could have been avoided; if the guy had his ID, everything would have been fine. Had he cooperated in the first place, things wouldn't have been so drastic.

Perhaps both sides were at fault, but this is in no way solely the cops' fault.

Cruise Control, YOU don't care. Obviously other people do care as this thread clearly shows. And I'd rather have a bleeding heart than no heart at all.

Anyway, the UCLA campus security is actually directly linked to LAPD. And y'all have no idea how completely screwed up the LAPD can be. Police brutality, racism, corruption, I really really have a severe disdain for the LAPD.

Also, complete WTF at the dude screaming about the Patriot Act. I mean, what the hell is up with that? And is that really the first thing you think of while be zapped? Still, that video was pretty disgusting to watch. Although I don't blame any of the students there for not stepping in. Those officers were obviously absusive, I wouldn't expect many people to step into that mess and risk their own safety.

I've detested LAPD ever since the Rodney King incident.

Guilt by association.

Edit by Psychotic: Don't double post, Hawkeye.