Student at UCLA tasered

[Krayzie]

"An Iranian-American student at UCLA was tasered on Tuesday by campus police for failing to provide proper identification during a random security check at the school library.

The shocking incident was caught on videotape and has created quite quite a controversy in the Westwood campus.

Police tasered the student even after he was handcuffed and posed no threat to anyone.

Very disturbing"

thoughts?

here is the real youtube link just incase you can't see it
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5g7zlJx9u2E

[Canmorite]

Guess he causing a little too much of a scene? A little over-bored from both parties.

It's not hard to stand-up or do what's asked when asking for id, is it?

[Krayzie]

here is a link to an LA news site
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_319101652.html

what do you guys think about the video though? What about the actions of the officers?
and most importantly how the news portray it from what you see on video

[Kobe]

Thats pretty nuts.. I think the Campus cops abused there power a little 2 much

[Xtrema]

When using youtube tags, all you need is the video number, not the whole url.

He will pull race card and get a bunch of support from the student who think they are fighting for freedom and justice.

In the end, it's just an a bunch of idiots (cops and the student) who overreacted in every worst way possible.

Tomorrow, it'll be on headlines of all Islamic newspaper and TV news on why the west hate Muslims.

Then Toma will post and say why this is US/Bush's fault.

Life goes on.

[collectskulls]

Originally posted by Canmorite

It's not hard to stand-up or do what's asked when asking for id, is it?

After he was asked for the 30th time to stand up you think lol
shit even my kid knows I better not have to saY it a 3rd time lol

[kaput]

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[nismodrifter]

Originally posted by Xtrema
When using youtube tags, all you need is the video number, not the whole url.

He will pull race card and get a bunch of support from the student who think they are fighting for freedom and justice.

In the end, it's just an a bunch of idiots (cops and the student) who overreacted in every worst way possible.

Tomorrow, it'll be on headlines of all Islamic newspaper and TV news on why the west hate Muslims.

Then Toma will post and say why this is US/Bush's fault.

Life goes on.

You are a dumbass. What do you think could possibly go on in a university library that warrants the officers use of the taser multiple times? Oh wait, you probably havent even been to a university have you? Idiot.

[l8braker]

Disgusting, period. Hopefully he sues for millions.

[CivicTunr]

haha, yah thats bullshit, so big deal he didnt stand up, hes unarmed and two rent a cops can easily lift him.

what if a cop has a gun, and i dont move hes going to shoot me?

CAIR-LA CALLS FOR PROBE OF UCLA TASER INCIDENT

Student given multiple stun gun shocks by campus police

(ANAHEIM, CA, 11/16/06) - The Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called for an independent investigation of an incident late Tuesday in which a student at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) was given multiple “Taser” stun gun shocks by campus police.

CAIR-LA was contacted by several UCLA students who expressed their concern about possible civil rights violations by police officers.

The incident began when the student, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, was asked to leave a computer lab after he failed to produce a student ID during a random check. The entire incident was captured on video by another student. While being stunned, Tabatabainejad informed the officers he had a medical condition.

In a statement, CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush said:

“It is hard to see the justification for repeatedly using pain-inducing weapons on a person who was apparently not a threat to any officer or student. We call on state and national authorities, including the FBI, to launch an independent investigation of this disturbing incident. Given the circumstances involved, only an outside, independent probe will ensure that the civil rights aspects of this case are being taken seriously and will be addressed in an impartial manner.”

CAIR has 32 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

[Si_FlyGuy]

The officers had no right to taser him, especially when he was unarmed and out-numbered at least 9 to 1.

Shocking. I hope they all go to jail for this, even the ones who didn't step in to stop it.

[CivicTunr]

UCPD officers shot a student several times with a Taser inside the Powell Library CLICC computer lab late Tuesday night before taking him into custody.

No university police officers were available to comment further about the incident as of 3 a.m. Wednesday, and no Community Service Officers who were on duty at the time could be reached.

At around 11:30 p.m., CSOs asked a male student using a computer in the back of the room to leave when he was unable to produce a BruinCard during a random check. The student did not exit the building immediately.

The CSOs left, returning minutes later, and police officers arrived to escort the student out. By this time the student had begun to walk toward the door with his backpack when an officer approached him and grabbed his arm, at which point the student told the officer to let him go. A second officer then approached the student as well.

The student began to yell "get off me," repeating himself several times.

It was at this point that the officers shot the student with a Taser for the first time, causing him to fall to the floor and cry out in pain. The student also told the officers he had a medical condition.

UCPD officers confirmed that the man involved in the incident was a student, but did not give a name or any additional information about his identity.

Video shot from a student's camera phone captured the student yelling, "Here's your Patriot Act, here's your fucking abuse of power," while he struggled with the officers.

As the student was screaming, UCPD officers repeatedly told him to stand up and said "stop fighting us." The student did not stand up as the officers requested and they shot him with the Taser at least once more.

"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.

Gordy was visibly upset by the incident and said other students were also disturbed.

"It's a shock that something like this can happen at UCLA," she said. "It was unnecessary what they did."

Immediately after the incident, several students began to contact local news outlets, informing them of the incident, and Remesnitsky wrote an e-mail to Interim Chancellor Norman Abrams.

so he was leaving, and the rent a cops threatened to taser other people who were asking for there badge numbers? haha only wish they tased some rich kid whos daddy would make their lives a living hell.

[l8braker]

Originally posted by CivicTunr
haha, yah thats bullshit, so big deal he didnt stand up, hes unarmed and two rent a cops can easily lift him.

what if a cop has a gun, and i dont move hes going to shoot me?

They were actually UCLA Campus "Police", essentially the same thing...

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by Krayzie
here is a link to an LA news site
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_319101652.html

what do you guys think about the video though? What about the actions of the officers?
and most importantly how the news portray it from what you see on video

This whole incident would have had way less coverage if there was no phone cam video.

[dj_honda]

Originally posted by collectskulls


After he was asked for the 30th time to stand up you think lol
shit even my kid knows I better not have to saY it a 3rd time lol

im sure its easy as pie to stand up after being tasered.

[infected]

Disgusting. Way to over react.

[TeamBestBud]

Originally posted by infected
Disgusting. Way to over react.

way to abuse authority as well

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by l8braker


They were actually UCLA Campus "Police", essentially the same thing...

Actually they're not. They're legitimate police.

[l8braker]

Originally posted by sexualbanana


Actually they're not. They're legitimate police.

Sarcasm...

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by l8braker


Sarcasm...

You were? Sorry, hard to detect sarcasm in text.