Tasered UCLA student retains prominent civil rights lawyer

[Tuesday_Morning]

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/tasered-ucla-student-retains-prominent.html

Tasered UCLA student retains prominent civil rights lawyer, plans massive law suit
by John in DC - 11/17/2006 11:42:00 AM

Good for him. It's about time we took back our country. In America we don't taser people for not having IDs in a school library. We don't taser people for civil disobedience - i.e., sitting on the floor when you ask them to leave. We don't taser people for simply being a jerk. Civil rights exist for a reason - they exist to protect you especially when the authorities think you're being a jerk. UCLA just embarrassed itself in front of the entire world. How the administration responds to this incident will affect its reputation for decades to come.

More info here, including a student-shot video of the incident.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/oh-my-god-ucla-student-tased-in.html

There's a protest at UCLA today at noon. I hope someone is going to post video on YouTube.
PROTEST POLICE BRUTALITY AT KERCKHOFF STEPS
No Taser Guns PLEASE!

Friday, November 17, 2006
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Kerckhoff Steps on BruinWalk
308 Westwood Plaza (map)
Los Angeles, CA
And feel free to contact the chancellor of UCLA:

Interim Chancellor Norman Abrams
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

[dipsydoodle]

1. Video is here :

If you can't find it on You Tube then use this : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3062309358819413815&q=tasered+student

Excellent that he's going to sue - I will now have a happy weekend. Good luck to him and screw the bastards who tasered him.

[librechik]

2. I hope this kicks off a huge protest movement.

do the kids here know the protests in the 60s were against Dems? (at the Democratic convention in Chicago, specifically.

Now that the Dems can do something, the people have to MAKE them!

Go to the protest, everybody!

[Old and In the Way]

3. What was he doing that generated the question in the 1st place?

Did they ask everyone there to produce ID's? Is that SOP? Why him? I'll be following this case with great interest.

[flying_monkeys]

4. I don't think that matters, kwim?

Even if it was SOP, it is not SOP to taser people exercising civil disobedience by sitting on the ground... at least, it didn't used to be...


I flinched through that video. His screams were horrendous. I hope he wins BIG.

[cwydro]

5. I certainly hope

that those cops have been suspended.

[valerief]

6. In BushCo PatriotActWorld, they'll be promoted. nt

[cwydro]

11. Yeah, no doubt./ nt

[DaveJ]

7. F*ckers probably would Implant Tasers if they could

I can see where this is leading.

It will be much easier to control everyone if they just give us Taser Implants at birth so we can obey their ridiculous orders.

[Jed Dilligan]

8. The only thing shocking about this to me

is that the victim is middle-class.

Otherwise, this is just cops acting like cops. I'm glad these pigs finally ran up against someone who can afford a lawyer.

[burythehatchet]

9. carrying cameras should be required these days.

[BadgerKid]

10. Torture by Taser. Bad cop, no donut. n/t

[Karenina]

12. THIS is gonna be GOOD.

:popcorn: