Students Put UCLA Taser Video On YouTube 1583
dircha writes "As widely reported, an incident in which Iranian-American student Mostafa Tabatabainejad was tasered up to five times by UCLA police on Friday, has been captured by a fellow student using a video enabled cell phone and published to YouTube. From the Daily Bruin: 'At around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tabatabainejad, a fourth-year Middle Eastern and North African studies and philosophy student, was asked to leave the library for failing to present his BruinCard during a random check. The 23-year-old student was hit with a Taser five times when he did not leave quickly and cooperatively upon being asked to do so.' In a story which has raised concerns of racial profiling, police brutality and the health risks of taser use, the ubiquity of video cell phone technology has given us a first hand record of an incident which might otherwise have been a he-said, she-said affair. While the publishing of the video to YouTube has given the issue compelling popular exposure beyond the immediate campus community."
bzzt (Score:2, Funny)
Haha, those coppers sure love them tasers. Nothing like zapping a victim with 50 kilovolts of nerve incapacitating love.
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory (Score:1, Funny)
Re:old news (Score:2, Funny)
Really? I thought it was the same old stupid fucking jokes, repeated endlessly... now THAT'S power!
Re:old news (Score:0, Funny)
In korea only old people tell stupid fucking jokes.
1) Post (and dupe) week-old articles
2) Repeat same lame jokes endlessly
3) ???
4) Profit!
Racial Profiling (Score:5, Funny)
The simple fact is, Americans aren't terrorists. Anyone who tells you otherwise has been corrupted by public education, sharing, or evolutionists.
Re:Weird for a uni to require ID (Score:2, Funny)
Kramer here: he's lucky he ain't Black (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hahh!! (Score:3, Funny)
When watching this video Google Ads are offering me:
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Too bad there isn't an UCLA ad right next to it...
Re:Old News But New Perspective (Score:3, Funny)