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Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID atUCLALibrary
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:30:14 -0500
He left his student ID at home. He was then asked to leave the UCLA library and was tased after not moving quick enough. Basically tasers are remote control devices for human beings. They are used to get people to comply with orders. Because there are considered non-lethal weapons, they get used too often particularly when the cops are in a rush. Here is more about this particular incident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3CdNgoC0cE http://dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?id=38958 http://dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?id=38960 and other taser attacks: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/special_reports/tasers/index. html http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article_two/2894/ Richard -----Original Message----- From: Larry Seltzer [mailto:Larry () larryseltzer com] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:43 PM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID atUCLALibrary I guess he should have showed his ID. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer () ziffdavis com -----Original Message----- From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:rms () computerbytesman com] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:25 PM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID at UCLALibrary http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229942,00.html LOS ANGELES - A UCLA police officer shocked a student with a stun gun at a campus library after he refused repeated requests to show student identification and wouldn't leave, police said. The student, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, was shocked Tuesday at about 11 p.m. as police did a routine check of student IDs 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 Tabatabainejad, 23, out of the library after he refused to provide identification. Tabatabainejad instead encouraged others at the library to join his resistance, and when a crowd began to gather, police used the stun gun on him, Greenstein said. Tabatabainejad was arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer and later released on his own recognizance. He declined to comment Wednesday night. The incident was recorded on another student's camera phone and showed Tabatabainejad screaming while on the floor of the computer lab. It was the third incident in a month in which police behavior in the city was criticized after amateur video surfaced. The other two involved the Los Angeles Police Department. ... _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID at UCLA Library Richard M. Smith (Nov 16)
- Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID at UCLALibrary Larry Seltzer (Nov 16)
- Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID atUCLALibrary Richard M. Smith (Nov 18)
- Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing IDatUCLALibrary Larry Seltzer (Nov 18)
- Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID at UCLALibrary Rob Thompson (Nov 18)
- Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID atUCLALibrary Richard M. Smith (Nov 18)
- Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID at UCLALibrary Larry Seltzer (Nov 16)