funsec mailing list archives
Re: [privacy] Police Use Stun Gun on Student for Not Showing ID at UCLALibrary
From: "Rob Thompson" <my.security.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:55:13 -0800
On 11/16/06, Larry Seltzer <Larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
I guess he should have showed his ID.
I have a funny feeling that if I were the one sitting there, that I would have been left alone. Looking at his name kind of gives me a bad feeling in my stomach that that had a lot to do with what happened. If the guy was just reading his book and not causing a ruckus (sp?) in the first place they should have just left him alone. If he was doing something wrong and they asked him, well then shock away... What I would like to know is: Was he the first student that night that they asked for ID? And was he doing anything suspicious that caused him to be asked?
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
-- Rob _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
Current thread:
- [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)