11.16.2006

Protecting us from non-ID carrying dark skinned people

From the Daily Bruin:

An incident late Tuesday night in which a UCLA student was stunned at least four times with a Taser has left the UCLA community questioning whether the university police officers' use of force was an appropriate response to the situation.
There's a video at the site that starts playing right away. Its pretty disturbing. By the way, the UCPD says they shocked him because he refused to leave and then "encouraged library patrons to join his resistance". Yep.

The LA Times has an article too, but whereas the Daily Bruin article has quotes from people at the scene and a description of what tasers do to people, the LA Times ends with a bunch of quotes about how the campus is so peaceful and a second year saying the cops are "really good".

The LA Times article also describes the video as "grainy". It might be poorly shot, with most of the action happening off frame, but it isn't grainy. It is actually surprisingly sharp!