Student Gets Tasered For Not Having ID, @ UCLA Options

[elvasoshexai]

anyone seen this yet:

http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=183837

the student was kinda asking for it.. but i think the cops kinda overdid tasing the guy 5+ times (and then threatening to tase the people that asked for their badge # to complain)

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Nov 18, 2006 - 1:12 AM

[Mike]

I don't know about you guys but when a cop tells you to do something you should do it. this guy deserved what he got. you can clearly hear them telling him to stand up stand up stand up or you'll get tazed again and him saying "f you" etc.

YES! thank you! I totally agree, if you don't respond to police orders you deserve to be tased, he was acting like an idiot and fully deserved what he got.

Absolutely not. 2 men can easily carry that guy out or drag him out. You do NOT deserve to be harmed if you are not exhibiting any form of a threat or violence. He was not resisting he was not threatening. This was excessive force.

I wouldn't say that 2 men could easily carry someone out, it is very hard to deal with someone who is struggling, however I acknowledge that there were 3 cops (I think)

Anyway, I think the main section of video that we need to judge wheather or not tazing was nessecary was the first bit, who knows maybe this guy tried to run or tried to reach for the tazer or something, but all speculation aside I agree with it mainly on the basis that the suspect was given clear orders to "stand up or you will be tazed" which he disobeyed and responded "f*ck you". I don't think people like him deserve to be treated like everyone else, if you are going to be an idiot I think you should get tazed, as long as you're given clear warnings..

I can see why the force used was a little over the top, but I think the fact that the guy was acting like a total idiot warranted a tazing, I mean seriously, you don't talk to authority figures like that, that's just my opinion