From the AP, via Fark, who helpfully point out that if this hapless fellow’s name had been, say, Bob Smith, this would likely not have happened. It is not, btw, a criminal offence to use the library without identifying yourself, and the man they tasered is, in fact, a UCLA student in good standing.
A camera phone captured a UCLA student being shocked with a stun gun by a police officer after he allegedly refused repeated requests to show his student identification and would not leave a campus library, university police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred about 11 p.m. Tuesday after police did a routine check of student identifications at the University of California, Los Angeles’ Powell Library computer lab.
“This is a long-standing library policy to ensure the safety of students during the late-night hours,” said UCLA Police Department spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein.
She said police tried to escort Mostafa Tabatabainejad, 23, out of the library after he refused to provide ID and would not leave.
Tabatabainejad, who was arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer, was later released on his own recognizance.
And, of course, there’s video. Funny, the cops don’t seem to realize it’s hard to comply with an order to stand up after the third or fourth tasering…
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Fucking Hell.
Horrific.
I haven’t slept enough (as per usual) to be able to even comprehend that right now.
All I can think about is a terrible pun revolving around the phrase ‘I’m in shock’.
And I can’t even formulate that cogently.
Fuck. Those screams of pain are genuinely blood curdling.
Fuck
(sometimes only rude words really express the kind of stupefaction you can feel)
Remember–he’s a terror suspect. It’s perfectly legal to inflict on him pain slightly less than that felt due to major organ failure.
Terror’s a funny word innit
Yep. Either you’re with the Dewey Decimal System or you’re with the terrorists.
What shocks me is the assumption made by so many people that the police are right to demand that someone identify themselves on demand. That is not the case, as you can see from teh fact they couldn’t charge him with anything relating to his presence in the library or failing to identify himself.
Truly horrific. I feel like crying.
What the hell is happening in this world?
The LA police have been known for brutality for decades; they have recently begun to complain that citizen journalism (ie getting the Rodney King beating on camera, etc) is interfering with the way they do their jobs; they do not realize that this is exactly why it’s such a good thing.
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That was the funniest shit I ever saw!