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Students Put UCLA Taser Video On YouTube

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the police-buddhism-studies dept.

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."

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  1. bzzt by Zashi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tagged "bzzzt" for over zealous use of tasers.

    Haha, those coppers sure love them tasers. Nothing like zapping a victim with 50 kilovolts of nerve incapacitating love.

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  2. Wow by Macadoshis · · Score: 5, Funny
    After watching that video I'm shocked.

    /duck

  3. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does this come as a shock to anyone?

  4. Re:old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The power here is not timeliness, it's the audience.

    Really? I thought it was the same old stupid fucking jokes, repeated endlessly... now THAT'S power!

  5. Re:old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    In soviet russia, stupid fucking jokes tell you.

    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!

  6. Racial Profiling by Mark_MF-WN · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hey, Timothy McVeigh converted to Islam. He converted posthumously, but he did do it. Word is that his ancestors, long ago, came out of Africa. So he was also, in point of fact, black. A black muslim terrorist? That's all I need. And don't even get started on Ted Kaczynski. I have it on good authority that he was a wiccan Nazi -- just look at the name! I'm surprised he didn't start lobbing V2 rockets at London. James Garfield was really trampled to death by wild mustangs. James Hinckley Jr was actually a Canadian with a forged birth certificate.

    The simple fact is, Americans aren't terrorists. Anyone who tells you otherwise has been corrupted by public education, sharing, or evolutionists.

  7. Re:Weird for a uni to require ID by aussie_a · · Score: 1, Funny

    What about us sadists? Everyone always forgets us sadists :(

  8. Kramer here: he's lucky he ain't Black by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Kramer here: he's lucky he ain't Black or I'd have stuck a fork up his ass.

  9. Re:Hahh!! by ericlondaits · · Score: 2, Funny

    And killer chances for ad placement!!!

    When watching this video Google Ads are offering me:

    Stun guns: Free Shipping
    Free shipping on all Tasers and Stun
    Guns. Great Prices!!

    Too bad there isn't an UCLA ad right next to it...

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  10. Re:Old News But New Perspective by Himring · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but girls will dump the nice cop for the jerk cop....

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