Officers use tazer on student

**BigTex** · 11-20-2006, 22:58

Originally Posted by doc_bean

Nevermind that they're potentially lethal...

They can be deadly if there used to shock someone repeatedly like that in the video. After the first person nearly died from a tazer the police departments stoped refering to them as "Non lethal force" and started refering it to "Less then lethal force". You have to remember the tazer is contracting every muscle in the body, your heart and other organs are muscle's. It's quite sad how police seem to get trigger happy with those when they hear it wont kill but it will hurt. Wasn't their an incident of a police officer using it on a junior high student a couple months ago?

Also calling the police is definately called for. They are no longer officers of the peace when their actively brutalizing a student. Not to mention if they don't at least show you their badges you have no way to remotely prove that they are indeed police officers in the first place. Personally though I'd like to know if CA still has a citizens arrest.

**Prince of the Poodles** · 11-20-2006, 23:18

He shouldnt have been there in the first place without his ID.

**Kralizec** · 11-20-2006, 23:20

Originally Posted by Prince of the Poodles

He shouldnt have been there in the first place without his ID.

...and thus, police can do what they want with him

**BigTex** · 11-20-2006, 23:20

Originally Posted by Prince of the Poodles

He shouldnt have been there in the first place without his ID.

Thats not a reason to torcher and come close to killing the guy.

**doc_bean** · 11-22-2006, 11:04

Originally Posted by Prince of the Poodles

He shouldnt have been there in the first place without his ID.

I thought you Americans didn't have an official ID ??

Most people just have their driver's license don't they ?

**drone** · 11-22-2006, 16:16

Originally Posted by doc_bean

I thought you Americans didn't have an official ID ??

Most people just have their driver's license don't they ?

The university apparently has had problems with assaults in the library, so the policy was that after 11pm, students needed to have their college ID card to prove they were students, not a drivers license. The shockee did not have one when asked by the campus student patrol, and refused to leave. They promptly called the campus police.

**yesdachi** · 11-22-2006, 17:24

I am surprised that no one started yelling “Rodney King”!

**macsen rufus** · 11-22-2006, 19:05

I am surprised that no one started yelling “Rodney King”!

THAT's the name I was groping for

[Deep breath, starts yelling....]

**Major Robert Dump** · 11-30-2006, 01:09

I wouldnt call the thing from tasers "pain" exactly. You also recover quickly from the initial juicing. He had every chance to stand up after that first tasering and was practically begging for more. Unfortunately the first tasering isnt clear on video, maybe it was uncalled for, but the subsequent taserings were called for. I also think the cops were unprofessional as they could have dragged him out quite easily