UCLA student Tasered by police

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

This is true, obviously, but it's not the intention of the taser and I highly doubt the cops in question were trying to kill the student.

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Intention doesn't matter, reality does, and the reality is that the taser can cause serious harm (up to and including death) and there have been many documented cases of it. As such, its use should be adjusted accordingly. Additionally, a taser is not a convenient "make this guy shut up" tool, but that's what it's increasingly being used as, and I do consider that a gross abuse of power.

And Mman is right, the entire point of a taser is to incapacitate. Using a taser on someone and then immediately demanding that they move shows either a desire to repeatedly taser a person for no real reason, or a serious misunderstanding of what a taser is, how it works, and why it's used. Neither of these conclusions are acceptable.

Absolutely disgusting.

I will be attending a peaceful protest at UCLA over this tomorrow. My friend who goes there said the entire school is up in arms about it.

http://www.ucpd.ucla.edu/ucpd/zippdf...2011-15-06.pdf

here's a press release from the UCPD

Hey, atleast they didn't get shot by the Ohio National Guard.

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Originally Posted by guy Octavius quoted

LOL. These little whiners think this is bad just wait until Hezbollah gets ahold of them someday. They won't be so kind to ask "stand up." I think every liberal should be forced to live in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Iran for a year.

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You'd think after naming three countries at the very least one of them would be the country Hezbollah is from, but nope; another stupid conservative.

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Originally Posted by Compass

Please, the story is very likely embellished bullshit. It's spin is to make you hate the cops. And his lame line about the Patriot Act tells me he may have even planned the whole thing. Anyway, I'm going by the video in which it's clear he was resisting, and had his ass tasered for it. That's what I'm defending. And bravo for it.

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yeah, I dunno. He shouldn't have resisted. It also seems odd that a man in pain suddenly thinks about the patriot act, which makes it seem planned. The danish police force are about to get their first Tazers this month. I guess if he was my friend I would have tried to help him, but in USA the punishment for assaulting a police officer is pretty harsh right?

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Originally Posted by Compass

Please, the story is very likely embellished bullshit. It's spin is to make you hate the cops. And his lame line about the Patriot Act tells me he may have even planned the whole thing. Anyway, I'm going by the video in which it's clear he was resisting, and had his ass tasered for it. That's what I'm defending. And bravo for it.

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Yeah. I think the authorities should be able to electrocute people who pose no threat. He was like, not doing exactly what they told him and stuff. I mean, the guy didn't even have a student card! And he was in a library, leaving slowly! The police had no choice but to use weaponry!

I might just be in a crabby mood this morning, but holy fuck, shut up.

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Originally Posted by dakidski

yIt also seems odd that a man in pain suddenly thinks about the patriot act, which makes it seem planned.

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It's UCLA. The kids are awkward.

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Yeah. I think the authorities should be able to electrocute people who pose no threat. He was like, not doing exactly what they told him and stuff. I mean, the guy didn't even have a student card! And he was in a library, leaving slowly! The police had no choice but to use weaponry!

I might just be in a crabby mood this morning, but holy fuck, shut up.

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You go, girl!

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

I wouldn't let the cops off scott free based on just this article and video, but you certainly can't automatically condemn them (based on this info) unless you've got a bias.

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He was electrocuted for being in a library without a student card.

Unless he pulled a weapon on them, there is no argument in favour of the cops here.

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Originally Posted by SXA

I will be attending a peaceful protest at UCLA over this tomorrow. My friend who goes there said the entire school is up in arms about it.

http://www.ucpd.ucla.edu/ucpd/zippdf...2011-15-06.pdf

here's a press release from the UCPD

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Definitly attend that protest I say, bring some friends too. Shit like this needs to be answered for.