CMLReptiles
Hooah!
sfaoldguy said:
If you think about it though, this really is the story of the times. There are very few issues that a vast majority agree on.
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POLL - Student Tazered at UCLA Library
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If you think about it though, this really is the story of the times. There are very few issues that a vast majority agree on.
tsst
Deuce is watching!
After the high school shootings and things like VATech I vote they don't take the chance when someone acts like this. How many folks that voted no would be screaming about how they didn't do enough if the guy had gotten the officers weapon and hurt an officer or another student or the librarian?
A college student that refused level 1 authority in the librarians and level two authority in the police, he should expect that if HE pushed the escalation that they are still going to remove him but it will be a physical removal.
The thing most seem to forget in these situations is if when he didn't have his card and the librarian ask him to leave and get it all he had to do was go get it and come back just like the hundreds of other students did that were there doing their work. Had he followed the rules, that he agreed to (if he was actually a student), we would not be talking about this.
Bottom line the entire situation was totally 100% caused by his actions nobody else. The police were not there to tazer a student reading a book they were there to remove a criminal from the library.
A college student that refused level 1 authority in the librarians and level two authority in the police, he should expect that if HE pushed the escalation that they are still going to remove him but it will be a physical removal.
The thing most seem to forget in these situations is if when he didn't have his card and the librarian ask him to leave and get it all he had to do was go get it and come back just like the hundreds of other students did that were there doing their work. Had he followed the rules, that he agreed to (if he was actually a student), we would not be talking about this.
Bottom line the entire situation was totally 100% caused by his actions nobody else. The police were not there to tazer a student reading a book they were there to remove a criminal from the library.
Nova_C
New member
I'm not sure if this is okay since this thread got necroposted, but I remember following that a bit back when it happened. What you guys seemed to have missed is that the repeated tazering happened when the guy was handcuffed and incapacitated. They were basically tazing because he wasn't walking on his own. Interesting that he wouldn't be able to hold his balance after getting repeatedly tazered? Is that a justifiable reason to continue tazing someone who is no longer resisting?
Also, the police threatened to tazer the student asking for their badge number. By law, the police have to provide their badge number to anyone asking. Responding to a lawful request with a threat of bodily harm is a felony, even if police do it.
Finally, the police showed total disregard to life. He claimed to have a medical condition - whether or not it's true is irrelevant. I have a medical condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. A single tazer to me is likely to kill me. If that man had ended up dead, those police would be up on charges (Should be anyway, if you ask me).
Also, the police threatened to tazer the student asking for their badge number. By law, the police have to provide their badge number to anyone asking. Responding to a lawful request with a threat of bodily harm is a felony, even if police do it.
Finally, the police showed total disregard to life. He claimed to have a medical condition - whether or not it's true is irrelevant. I have a medical condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. A single tazer to me is likely to kill me. If that man had ended up dead, those police would be up on charges (Should be anyway, if you ask me).
waldo
Crazy Tarantula Lady
I voted yes, I think the cops acted accordingly. It would have been great if the incident could have been avoided but anyone who actively resists arrest like that deserves what is coming to them.
As for him being incapacitated, watch some cop demos of tazering, they are immediately able to move once the tazer trigger is released. The cops have all been tazered themselves in training and know how long it takes to recover.
As for him being incapacitated, watch some cop demos of tazering, they are immediately able to move once the tazer trigger is released. The cops have all been tazered themselves in training and know how long it takes to recover.