Student tazered at UCLA for not having his ID

[DarkLadyNyara]

Do you really believe that this story present both sides to this problem?

Of course not. The video, however, does.

And what the hell was the guy doing screaming at the top of his lungs?

He was being a jerk, so that justifies torture? I'm assuming you're refering to before they started pumping electricity into him. After that point, it was likely due to pain.

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.

At risk of pointing out the obvious, the guy had just been tasered! Tasering can render a person incapable of standing for up to 15 minutes. I'd be pretty damn hysterical in that situation myself.

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.

He was leaving when this [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] started. As in-not staying. As in-doing what they told him to do. He also screamed "I'll leave" repeatedly as they were shocking him.

Now the thing is... I find it hard to believe they would do this over ID. I just have trouble beleiving it. I have no idea why an officer of the law would abuse his position this much, unless he was evil or completely insane. And I don't know how either types could become a police officer.

While it may be different in Canada, police abusing their power is pretty much SOP in America. Most cops are decent, but there are plenty of sadists and assholes in the feild. Positions of power tend to attract people like that.