UCLA Student Gets Tazered

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Description: LOS ANGELES - A camera phone captured a UCLA student being shot 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 ID at the 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. "As the officers attempted to escort him out, he went limp and continued to refuse to cooperate with officers or leave the building," Greenstein said. Instead, Greenstein said, Tabatabainejad encouraged others at the library to join his resistance. When a crowd began to gather the police used the stun gun on him. The arrest was captured on another student's camera phone and showed Tabatabainejad screaming while on the floor of the computer lab. The video also showed the student shouting, "Here's your Patriot Act, here's your ... abuse of power," according to the campus newspaper, the Daily Bruin. There is no phone listing for Tabatabainejad and neither he nor his attorney could be located for comment.
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SgtEdwards ::: Favorites opteryx, what good would that have done? 07-09-23 06:03:36 __________________________________________________
0pteryx ::: Favorites Yes of course, as I said; "at least one". Naturally I'm assuming that I wouldn't be able to handle all of them. 07-09-23 04:43:16 __________________________________________________
SgtEdwards ::: Favorites mem925, I have been tasered 8 times during certifications and one time the trigger stuck for 40 seconds, I was still able to get right up, yes I was a little shaky but I could stand. 07-09-23 03:48:02 __________________________________________________
SgtEdwards ::: Favorites Opteryx, the you would have found out what a taser and jail feels like. 07-09-23 03:46:39 __________________________________________________
mem925 ::: Favorites how the fuck is he supposed to get up when they just tazed the shit out of him.. police are egotistical bastards who are given uniforms and lethal weapons.. and where are they when you really need help?... on their fat asses hidden in some parking lot.. and who are u motherfuckers agreeing with the cops.. your obviously one of them or just evil.. its ridiculous how easily people let their rights get taken away.. we just sit back and watch its pathetic 07-09-22 21:56:39 __________________________________________________
0pteryx ::: Favorites At least one of those cops would have been permanently impaired had I've been present there. 07-09-22 20:24:28 __________________________________________________
karatasumi ::: Favorites And about the "stand up" & "quit fighting." Cops have to say that so that if video of this incident is brought to court it looks to the jurors that he was not being cooperative and they are more likely to get a verdict in their (cops) favor. 07-09-22 09:07:50 __________________________________________________
karatasumi ::: Favorites It is ironic that if this happened 40 years ago on UCLA's campus, I GAURANTEE students would have reacted differently. They're just standing there. Yes, the guy acted like an ass but still-do his views reflect those of the students at UCLA? If they don't, I'm surprised students didn't beat him; if they do then why didn't they help him? I know we're all post VT but this guy didn't have a gun; he was just being vocal. Lets all taze Bill O'Reilly-he's much more annoying then this guy. 07-09-22 09:04:13 __________________________________________________
merrett ::: Favorites Good point, just don't be a prick when you give your opinion. 07-09-22 08:03:20 __________________________________________________
merrett ::: Favorites I think he was trying to protest. Sure he could've left and cooperated, but if you're a teenager you want to challenge the people who have power and authority over you. It's like a kid who refuses to leave the class when his teacher tells him to, pushing boundaries. In this case the kid got tazer'd, because he was messing with cops. I don't think there's an innocent side here. Cops were ready to taze him again, student was getting them to act violently. Nobody wins, really. 07-09-22 07:59:59 __________________________________________________