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Posted by: CJIS

Student tasered at UCLA library for not having his ID 11-14-06 11:30pm


Don't you hate it when you forget to bring your ID to Library... and the CSO or UCPD end up zapping you like five times with a stun gun? what is happening in todays universities now a days?

Interesting

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Posted by: Macop

How about posting the article?

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Posted by: mr.anttrax

UCLA response: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=7513

Date: November 15, 2006
Contact: Office of Media Relations ( media@support.ucla.edu )
Phone: 310-825-2585

Statement from UCLA Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams About Incident at Powell Library


University police are investigating an incident late last night in which police took a student into custody at Powell Library. Investigators are reviewing the incident and the officers' actions. The investigation and review will be thorough, vigorous and fair.

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.

-UCLA-
LB516

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Posted by: Crvtte65

The kid is going nuts in the video. Hear him screaming his head off (before he gets tasered ...and while)

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Posted by: kttref

Everything about that situation is bad.

The biggest problem was the officers did not have any decent crowd control. The minute a crowd ensued, something should have been done about that...unbelievable. Have any of you read the comments on youtube.com?

And the kid in the background screaming "we want your badge numbers..." guess what kiddo, we don't care if you have our badge number.

To people really think we don't report each time ANY TYPE of force is used? At least in my department we have to write a report in ANY instance of force...

The kid got what he deserved, but the officers need to pay attention to the crowds.




This just goes to show why there is NO WAY in hell I would ever be campus police...well that and the fact that I look younger then some college kids...

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Posted by: chrome.dome

UCPD officers shot a student several times with a Taser inside the Powell Library CLICC computer lab late Tuesday night before taking him into custody.

No university police officers were available to comment further about the incident as of 3 a.m. Wednesday, and no Community Service Officers who were on duty at the time could be reached.

At around 11:30 p.m., CSOs asked a male student using a computer in the back of the room to leave when he was unable to produce a BruinCard during a random check. The student did not exit the building immediately.

The CSOs left, returning minutes later, and police officers arrived to escort the student out. By this time the student had begun to walk toward the door with his backpack when an officer approached him and grabbed his arm, at which point the student told the officer to let him go. A second officer then approached the student as well.

The student began to yell "get off me," repeating himself several times.

It was at this point that the officers shot the student with a Taser for the first time, causing him to fall to the floor and cry out in pain. The student also told the officers he had a medical condition.

UCPD officers confirmed that the man involved in the incident was a student, but did not give a name or any additional information about his identity.

Video shot from a student's camera phone captured the student yelling, "Here's your Patriot Act, here's your fucking abuse of power," while he struggled with the officers.

As the student was screaming, UCPD officers repeatedly told him to stand up and said "stop fighting us." The student did not stand up as the officers requested and they shot him with the Taser at least once more.

"It was the most disgusting and vile act I had ever seen in my life," said David Remesnitsky, a 2006 UCLA alumnus who witnessed the incident.

As the student and the officers were struggling, bystanders repeatedly asked the police officers to stop, and at one point officers told the gathered crowd to stand back and threatened to use a Taser on anyone who got too close.

Laila Gordy, a fourth-year economics student who was present in the library during the incident, said police officers threatened to shoot her with a Taser when she asked an officer for his name and his badge number.

Gordy was visibly upset by the incident and said other students were also disturbed.

"It's a shock that something like this can happen at UCLA," she said. "It was unnecessary what they did."

Immediately after the incident, several students began to contact local news outlets, informing them of the incident, and Remesnitsky wrote an e-mail to Interim Chancellor Norman Abrams.

With reports from Lisa Connolly, Derek Lipkin and Saba Riazati,

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

There is nothing more orgasmic IMHO than a snot-nosed, smart-mouthed, wannabe hippie puke writhing in pain...
Good job to the UCLA CPO's that nuked this little commie snot.

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Posted by: Wolfman

I weep for the future.

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Posted by: Mongo

We are doomed.

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Posted by: JoninNH

I think that youtube video will start my day for the next few days... it beats waking up to White and Nerdy.

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Posted by: CJIS

Applause

At its first annual recognition event, the UC Police Department at UCLA commended employees for stellar achievement throughout the year. Officer Dan Jermansen received two special honors: the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Award for his role in teaching seminars on alcohol abuse and for leading the department in DUI arrests, and the Sworn Employee of the Year Award for consistently exhibiting professional ideals through his commitment to community policing and excellent police work. The Lifesaver Award was given to Officer Brian Washburn for administering CPR and saving the life of a 78-year-old man after he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. The Meritorious Service/Taser Award was presented to Officers Joseph Eubank, Ethan Shear, Kevin Kay and Dan Jermansen for successfully subduing a patient without harm after he threatened staff at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital with metal scissors. And the Non-Sworn Employee of the Year Award went to dispatcher Penny Summers for her exemplary performance on the job…. Robert Stevenson, professor emeritus of musicology, has been elected an honorary member of the Directorium of the International Musicological Society, the first since 1992.… Maria Gillespie, lecturer in world arts and cultures, is now a three-time recipient of the Lester Horton Dance Award, most recently for best female performance for her work in “Bandits.” She is choreographer and artistic director of the contemporary dance company Oni Dance.… At its recent Festival of New Creative Work, the School of Theater, Film and Television honored Visiting Assistant Professor Cathy Schulman, Oscar-winning producer of the film “Crash,” with the Producers Guild of America Vision Award…. Alexander W. Astin and Helen S. Astin, emeritus professors in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, have created an endowment to support two fellowships for education and graduate students in the Division of Higher Education & Organizational Change. A $200,000 endowment will fund two fellowships of $100,000 each, in each of the Astins’ names. They are UCLA’s first benefactors to respond to the recently passed federal Pension Protection Act. “We hope to perpetuate study in the fields we both love, and in a way that supports student scholarship that is both interesting to them and will advance the field,” Helen Astin said.

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Posted by: Cinderella

Cop uses stun gun on student who won't show ID




http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/16/stu....ap/index.html




LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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.
Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams promised an investigation.
"The safety of our campus community is of paramount importance to me," Abrams said in a statement.

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Posted by: dcs2244

Michelle Malkin is blogging this...has a bunch of links...

www.michellemalkin.com

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Posted by: kwflatbed

Taser-Shocked Student Claims Racial Profiling

LOS ANGELES -- A student who was shocked by a campus police officer's Taser gun after he refused to show ID at a UCLA library thought he was being singled out by the officer because of his Middle Eastern appearance, his lawyer said.

Attorney Stephen Yagman said he plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the U.S.-born student, Mostafa Tabatabainejad.

Tabatabainejad, 23, was shocked Tuesday night after arguing with a campus police officer who was conducting a routine check of student IDs at the University of California, Los Angeles Powell Library computer lab.

Yagman said his client declined to show his school ID because he thought he was being targeted for his appearance. His family is of Iranian descent.

Police have said Tabatabainejad encouraged others at the library to join his resistance, and when a crowd gathered, the officer used the stun gun on him.

Yagman disputed that, saying Tabatabainejad started yelling to draw attention after the police officer pulled out the Taser.

Tabatabainejad was arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer and later released on his own recognizance.

The incident, recorded on another student's camera phone, showed Tabatabainejad screaming while on the floor of the computer lab. It was the third time in a month in which police behavior in the city was criticized after amateur video surfaced.

UCLA's interim chancellor, Norman Abrams, urged the public to withhold judgment while the campus police department investigates.

Several civil rights organizations, including Amnesty International and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, have called for an independent review.


Related Story

Police Officer Shocks Student At Library

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Posted by: Wolfman

Good grief

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Posted by: Andy0921

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwflatbed LOS ANGELES -- A student who was shocked by a campus police officer's Taser gun after he refused to show ID at a UCLA library thought he was being singled out by the officer because of his Middle Eastern appearance, his lawyer said.

That's bullshit! Snobby ass hole should have complied with the officer's orders.

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Posted by: hubble

The student was middle eastern had a big backpack on was in a building with a lot of people inside and refused to leave when asked to do so by the police. I know what I would have done. The exact same thing. You should see the liberal student pukes whining about this on the various student blogs though. Unbelievable that this country has produced such little America hating vipers.

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Posted by: JoninNH

WHERE DID MY COUNTRY GO? Please, someone, help me find it?

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Posted by: pahapoika

welcome to "victim nation"

all bad behavior will be excused if you belong to a victim group

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Posted by: hubble

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Originally Posted by JoninNH WHERE DID MY COUNTRY GO? Please, someone, help me find it?

More importantly, how do we get it back? One thing that is effective when an officer is charged with any one of several politically correct crimes such as racism, sexism, homophobia etc. and ad nauseum by a college administration and that charge is later found to be without merit the officer should sue the administration and the person making the unfounded complaint for the tort of slander/libel. Depending on the situation of the officer and the nature of the complaint against him/her a complaint with MCAD can be just as effective as a private law suit and gives the officer more protection against retaliation. This is one of the few ways we have left to fight against the PC feeding frenzy going on on college campuses. There exists the possibility of being fired for launching such a suit but the line has to be drawn some where and these jobs are a dime a dozen anyway if you have the qualifications.

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Posted by: daxxkid

Good work by those officers.

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