Interesting People mailing list archives
Student shot with Taser by UCPD officers in UCLA library TWICE on 11/14
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:24:39 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall () gmail com> Date: November 16, 2006 2:08:20 PM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: Fwd: Student shot with Taser by UCPD officers in UCLA library TWICE on 11/14
More on the taser incident at UCLA from a UC Berkeley student. -Joe ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nathan Agrin Date: Nov 16, 2006 8:21 AMSubject: Student shot with Taser by UCPD officers in UCLA library TWICE on 11/14
To: noise The following video was taken on 11/14: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvrqcxNIFs News links: http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10325914/detail.html http://dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?id=38958 From what I can gather, the cops were doing a random ID screening and found this kid didn't have his ID. They asked him to leave and he didn't immediately, but several minutes later was seen leaving the library where he was grabbed. He protested to being touched (I'm guessing because he was leaving anyway) so he got TASERED (rather quickly it seems). Then the police asked him to get up and when he didn't (because he had just been tasered??) they tasered him again. The student's name is Mostafa Tabatabainejad, some sources claim he is Iranian or of Iranian descent. UCLA Chancellor released a statement where this was included: "The safety of our campus community is of paramount importance to me. Routinely checking student identification after 11 p.m. at the campus library, which is open 24 hours, is a policy posted in the library that was enacted for the protection of our students. Compliance is critical for the safety and well-being of everyone." The thing that really seems bizarre to me is that it looks like the kid may be in cuffs BEFORE he was tasered, and sources claim he was already leaving. I can understand being kicked out of the library if you don't have your ID (though I can't believe they don't have a backup system to check identification, especially since these are students... students forget their IDs, idiots!!), but to be tasered after being cuffed, while already leaving?? From the audio in the video the kid is cooperating but doesn't want to be touched, so why was he tasered? All I can think is this happened in OUR school system. -n8 -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall PhD Student, UC Berkeley, School of Information <http://josephhall.org/> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
Current thread:
- Student shot with Taser by UCPD officers in UCLA library TWICE on 11/14 David Farber (Nov 16)