UCLA Taser Video

[SuperDrugless]

He sounds fine to me when he talks so he's on something. Lay off the drugs Mustafa.

[Smanning91]

showing how corrupt everything really is...discusting

[PoetKay]

When does a thinking mind ever prevail? The officers could have asked him to sign into any one of the computers in the library. If he could sigh in, then he's a student...no need for the blatant piggery.

[puhleezman]

Hahaha, I love how pissed all those liberal douches were. Nice job officers!

[SgtEdwards]

Ok, so considering the number of school massacres there have been, when a man who refuses to identify himself and refuses to leave is causing a scene, what would you want the police to do? Me? I'd tell them to taze the dumb fucker. He has no right to be a dick and put me at risk. While he's causing a scene, and distracting the police, a real madman could be hurting people elsewhere. Typical student mob mentality "the system is out to get us for no reason" bullcrap.

[tseheno]

THis boy was no threat to no one...those cops seem to ahve left their brains in their toilets when shitting in the morning!!! besides, they seem to be badlys erviced between thri poor legs....yeah...the world needs toilet washers who work behalf of a government..yeah...how come I forgot that??

[scott542]

"Here's your fucking Patriot Act!"

[Rustydawg420]

sic semper tyrannis

[cubefeed]

He did get paid (by you the taxpayer) after suing the school. If I had the chance, I would want to get tasered too by some loser policeman. Its probably easier to get rich that way than winning the lottery. You wonder why you are paying more taxes? its because of stupid policemen like these. Just fools who always wanted to bully students because they couldnt hang in college.

[stopgangbanging]

hahahah i love the sound of that taser

stupid students need to stop telling cops to f off and learn some respect!

[imadhurata]

one day mate it will happen to you. my advice when it does remember ur words here, don't start crying n shouting unfair, take it like a man, n if you think it willn't happen, trust me it will.

[sixbillsix]

Actually, it won't happen to me because I don't break the law and I do what the officers tell me to do. God these people are all lame! I think they ought to have their names removed from the list of people the police will come help and protect when they are being attacked by criminals. When you act like a stupid animal, you get the cattle-prod! A monkey can figure this out faster than most Americans.

[LWAisgod]

the police are the criminals attacking us......

and it will happen to you for sure

u seem very willing to give up your freedom

"I do what ever officers tell me to do"-sixbillsix

[helvetica777]

Sorry 6bill6 it will happen to you, matter of fact complying will make them do it more. Cops are psycopaths these days, then will you truly see why people do not comply.;

[helvetica777]

You sick neo-con fuck! That is horribly wicked, digusting, grotesque of torture on that boy!. Those police officers are wicked , horribly wicked, grotesque, they need to die! They have too much power!, the police officers are gonna get what is coming to them!. God almighty will punish those police officers for commiting a grotesque spectacle. Mark my words those police officer day of reckoning is coming. Judgment day cometh for the for the satanic police officer! Judgment day cometh!

[lordt19]

if you go to academy taser video you can see for your self and send a comment to me.

[lordt19]

you know they have new and stonger taser for that.I saw them make it so be careful college kid's, that notthing for now but when the new one's come out, becareful. ?????

[SgtEdwards]

It's called being an adult. If you screw up by not bringing your ID when you know that's the policy, you take responsibility for that. You pack up and leave, and do so in a way that doesn't disturb the other students. You don't act as if you are above the rules by dragging your feet, or that being inconvenienced is of such earth-shaking importance that it's OK to derail everyone else's work. If he had been mature about it, the situation wouldn't have escalated.

[eddyofyork]

Kid wasn't complying with their orders...I'd taze him too. Then he starts threatening them and trying to be an intellectual bully. I'm on the guards' side.

[helvetica777]

Ah your on the wicked ungodly guards side! You are satanic and ungodly are full of wickedness and bloodlust! Mostafa wanted to leave , so why did police continue to taser him, cause him lots of emotional distress, and horrific trauma? I tell you why. It is because police these days have become a ruthless, cut-throat, immoral, ungodly, satanist, torture loving, we do as we they please kind of cops. Well they are gonna get what they deserve for their treacheries against the citizens!

[blastingcaps]

hahaha!!!

this is a funny ass video.

[helvetica777]

Funny ? Funny! Fuunnnnnnnnny!!!!!!!11 I am sickened by your comments! This whole video is sickening, wicked and rotten to the core. It is evil, wicked, satanic, for do such a thing!. These people a shameful, evil, satanic SCCCCCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM! They make me sick!. And you saying it is funny, you would not be saying if it had happened to you!

[jaraha]

These kids are an embarassement, and I'm a college student too. When the cops are doing their business, taking care of a nuisance, these guys are saying, "I want your numbers, I want your numbers." Uh, too bad. You have to wait a few minutes because they are doing their business. And getting tasered isn't the end of the world. It hurts, it makes you scream usually. It is meant to get your attention.

[kensuke0]

So I guess you're for torturing for information too? You don't get killed, just beat up a little for just a little information. Fair, right?

The tasering was in excess, your blind eyes can't see that though. Plus one of the officers had a history of abusing his power. But wait, it doesn't matter to you and everyone else who don't look up the facts before posting blind garbage like that.

[blastingcaps]

umm..you cant see what happened either. And that dude is putting on a huge show. if you dont see that, you arent bind, you are just gullible and dumb. then the other kid in flordia does this same thing...in terms of his preformance..yeah right.

[natasha752]

they still shouldn't have tasered him five times for not standing up & leavin even if he was making a big scene. there are alot of people that make huge scenes and dont listen but they get arrested and dragged out not tasered, i could see why they might do it once but five times is unnessesary

[VHDT10]

they shouldn't have been causing him physical pain

[jackrcoco]

ha ha ha,stupid punk.where was you dad when you were growing up.....mommy too easy on you...tough world huh.....

[nauhteeboy]

Fuck you whiners. They should taser all of you adolesent spoiled brats. When the cops tell to do something and you don't, you better either bring your best or take whats coming and SHUT THE FUCK UP. This is what happens when all your life mommy and daddy tell you that your are special and don't make you do as your told

[helvetica777]

They should taser nobody in such a savage manner!

[bradb1977]

And may I point out you do state "potential" benefits. Also, "potential" heart attacks and seizures and deaths. The officers job is supposed to be hard. If they want shortcuts they are in the wrong line of work.

[bsumudd]

It is a shame that more liberal a@#hole college kids don't get the same thing!! The if the cops had just shot him and the rest of the hippies we wouldn't have this problem!!!!!!!

[bradb1977]

Oh my God you fascist scum. Maybe if the cops just shot people like you we would have less problems. retard

[DolphinsLtd]

To bradb1977's other good point: yes its hard to use "usual" times due to differences between human physiology and psycology. Officers have to make snap judgements on whether they go overboard and threaten a life. Here hes lucid and in a clear voice continues to argue. Could they cuff and drag? Yes. But cuffing doesn't make a person move when resisting, anyone who has tried to drag a drunk friend out of a bar can attest to that.

[bradb1977]

Dolphins, you make several valid points that the taser is their best option. However, have you ever seen 4 officers lift and carry a person? Drunk or not they can do it. The taser may make this easier for them, but I for one am not willing to agree that because this is their best option in causing pain, it is automatically the right one.

[DolphinsLtd]

And yes bradb1977 makes a good point about Taser and about there being documented incidents. However the Taser is probably the most tested device in the arsenal of the modern officer by TSI and independent review. The incidents of fatality are few and far between compared to the potential benefits the taser provides. Of course we could just go back to beating people with batons (See Post-Katrina New Orleans). That is brutality, this follows a flawed rule.

[DolphinsLtd]

The issue here though is not the officers then, its UCLA's policy on the USE of tasers. UCLA is a handful of universities that even allow tasers (all other universities just give officers a baton, flashlight, CS/Pepperspray, and a handgun. The Taser in my opinion is the least painful of those in the long run having encountered personally all of the "less than lethal" options and hopefully never will encounter the lethal one.

[DolphinsLtd]

(contd) Their policy is the most liberal of the...someone can check the facts but its something like 10 universities that allow tasers? It allows the use of Drive Stun to basically cattle prod resisting subjects into complying. The officers followed the RULES. So either argue the rule or just leave it alone, i think. Dont fight the result, fight the cause.

[bradb1977]

I still believe the issue to be with the officers. They are reasoning human beings who have the legally mandated responsibility to discern between right and wrong. It has been ruled repeatedly that an officer carrying out an unjust command from a superior is just as at fault as the superior. You cannot hide behind "Just doin muh job." Rules and morals are not mutually exclusive. Rules require the use of sound judgement. Which you cannot say was used here.

[URimbalanced]

Yea you dont go grabing for your camera phone unless something is crazy....Police dont come into situations crazy so it must have been the psycho screaming at them to cause the guy to film this "uncooperation" ....dont F@#k with law you never know what they can cover up =o

[DolphinsLtd]

Oh and a minor correction, the Taser in question was confirmed to be in Drive Stun mode. No barbs are used and it only creates an intense searing pain with "No Incapacitation Time" according to Taser International.

[bradb1977]

According to Taser international. The company that produces a potentially lethal "non-lethal" weapon. Well hell that is a guaranteed correct and accurate statement. After all major companies have never lied to the public in order to increase profit share.

[DolphinsLtd]

The usual recovery time from a 3-5 second burst is 30 seconds to a minute. Officers continually repeat their demands for him to stand to allow this recovery. The officers even attempted to stand him up. Two people lifting under each arm have would have been able to move him had he been dead weight, his return to the floor indicates an act of resistance. They also issued repeated warnings "If you do not comply we will Taser you again"

[bradb1977]

Usual recovery time. Precisely...and officers apparently are not trained that EVERY human being does not react to a tazer the same way. You cannot use usuals when it comes to tazers, there are not any usuals that are accurate.

[walnutzz2006]

I don't see this video shedding any light on anything. We don't see the events leading up to the incident, which too often is the case with any police brutality allegations. What we do see is someone who refuses to comply despite being tazed several times, surrounded by a some idiotic future civil libertarians asking for badge #s in the middle of the chaos.

[lilbit137]

hmmm, the marine's i know have a life....and usually a job post that keeps them busy enough that they aren't posting rubbish like you are.

[lilbit137]

apologies, this post is directed at "killerofbodies"

[rockygreenmountains]

why does UCLA tazer a student in the "library" who is paying tuition to attend? do they require 'everyone" to produce an ID? and if they don't, do they tazer them??? how could we entrust medical care to these people? millions of dollars are being donated.what do they do when there is NO camera on them???hmm?

[awwcmm]

A U.S. Marine with a nick like "KillerOfBodies"...

Should I be surprised? No. This seems to be totally normal in America. People who choose such names should be CURED and not given weapons to. Its not surprising that Abu Ghraib could happen if the USA has soldiers like you. SHAME.

[rockygreenmountains]

omg. University of California think they are above the law. They tazer their own paying students. In a tax supported public university, too. The circumstances do not matter. the police could have carried him out. no ID. crime in a public library. stick him with electric volts! they just got caught on tape this time; that's the difference.

[buttbuttbutt111]

The taser is designed to immobilize the person. So its kind of hard to stand up and walk around.

[rockygreenmountains]

Yes. That is KISS. enough said.

[omerlives]

The oficer in queston was fired from long beach PD, had been suspended from UCPD once from manhandling a loiterer....so it's not new.

The police should be held accountable. This isn't fuckin abu gharib where lowcaste evolutionary rejects can whet their evangelical trailor trash apetites.

[utabadboy]

If this kid had listened to the police, he would not have gotten his stupid ass tased.

[pyr666]

this is insane!

1) the average person cant stand after being tased, and they hurt more than you can fathom (those cries are nothing).

2) as most of this incident took place near the door, it appears he was in the procces of leaving. not to mention him screaming "i was leaving!"

3)after so many hits, he was incapable of doing any harm, so they should have just dragged him out and put him on the sidewalk (at worst). this was overkill.

[jamasianman]

This video is unfair to the police. The guy wasn't seen, ony heard for the video. And the annoying people protesting shouldn't have interefered.

[sprockette]

damn terrorist

[drewphilip777]

Oh, well, guess you should listen when a cop tells you to do something for the safety of the others there. Yelling at a cop and being dumb, doesn't really score points in your favor. and yes I have been tazed. Once the tazer stops the shock, there is no residual pain, in turn, you can get tazed twelve or thirty times and get right up afterwards, it is called pain compliance.

[jbh305]

Recipe for getting tazed: yell at the cops, tell them to fuck off, don't obey orders. You got what you deserved.

[IronEagle8888]

Are all college students suffering from "hippy" mentality? The world is a scary place and a cops job isn't a pleasant one. Its high risk day in and day out. They cant afford to take chances on anyone in any situation. The kid didn't listen, was belligerent and disrespectful, and in turn got enough warnings before he got what was just and deserved. Get over yourselves, finish your education, and then get a job and contribute to the world instead of pissing and moaning on a website.

[f22pilot2]

ok im confused. HOW THE HELL do you stand up when youve just been tased 4 times? It makes no since

[f22pilot2]

oh police and there tasers/guns why do we even give them the dammn things all they do is abuse em

[avitech77]

Well what was the result? Were the officers ever fired? Taken to Court? Anything?

[thejakeman16]

neither did the british. or the nazis or saddam hussein or osama bin laden

[headmunke]

Bipolar dosen't mean shit. What matters is he was being a dick. Badge number douche, fuck off. Shock them all, maybe they will show some respect. The dumbass should've left before he got the cops called on him. Stupid fuck

[PORCUPINEBALLSAREGAY]

The cops where the ones doing the check idiot.they didnt get CALLED, they where already there. this was filmed right from the start to finish, they started it, and ended it, you stupid asshole.

[spenner90]

Bud, I hear the nazis tortured people for resisting as well.

[thejakeman16]

have you ever been tased? maybe you should be.

[milsec01]

hey, i have been tased. for all you people who don't know didaly squat, a taser is set at 50,000 volts, there is no changing that. the only thing the police have control over is how long it goes for a max of 5 seconds on one trigger pull. i have seen several people get tased, including a 65 year old man, an obese man, and a female. every last one of them stood up immediately after getting tased. there is no lasting effects.

[bradb1977]

Additionally while you have seen tests (and anyone who looks on here can find plenty of tazing videos) the reports from the tazing producing companies themselves stress caution in use. Their own studies reflect the potential harm and it has been stated many times by various sources there is little training involved in the potential harm to the victim.

[milsec01]

For starters, lets start with the obvious. Place close attention to the video oh blind one. Notice that there are multiple officers dealing with the situation. Second, do you have any clue what came over the radio to the officers as to the situation. No, nor do I, but as an educated guess it probably was reported as a disturbance, possibly, but very unlikely, as a domestic. So as procedure goes, they would have come in with at least 2 officers if not more.

[bradb1977]

The campus cops are there already when it begins. They could have restrained him where he was and ended the entire situation by waiting for more officers. they chose not to. Instead of defusing the situation they repeatedly made it worse. Holding him there in the doorway without anywhere to run and they could have cuffed him. That makes sense and is using reasonable force. They chose what to them was a punishment route. "Oh, not complying, go ahead and juice him again Ernie!"

[milsec01]

As another point of notice, officers want to go home at the end of their shifts. As to the violators of the law, what happens to them is secondary in their eyes, as it is always that way in mine. That's why the use of force scale exists. You continue to assend the scale until the subject complies or, in a worse case scenario, is incompacitated. And as I said previously, the Taser is considered the lowest item on the continuim, as it only lasts 5 seconds and has to lasting side effects.

[bradb1977]

I am sure they want to go home. I have family who are police and I want them to come home too. However, there MUST be an accountability for their actions. I bet every cop would come home if they just started shooting every suspect every time! That way there would be no chance of harm to the officer! Ridiculous statement. Ascend the scale, sure, there were other ways to handle it. Just because something is easier does not make it right.

[milsec01]

And as far as your medical harm to victims goes, your head is undoubtably far up your ass. Have to checked the official Taser website, which by the way, there is only one "tazing producing companies" for police issued Tasers, it's Taser International. Here's their website taser dot com. Go to that website, they have links to medical studies performed on Tasers.

[milsec01]

As far as training on the "potential harm" of Tasers on the victims, officers go through extenous training on the subject during the class. What to expect from the subject being Tased. Also how to properly remove the darts and every other possible scenario that might occur, BUT NEVER HAS, as a result of the Taser being deployed on the subject. There are no deaths related to Tasers to this day. You are encouraged to respond to these comments, I welcome them.

[bradb1977]

As far as head up your ass officer I have to say it is your is your ass. If you wish me to email you the link to no less than 5 articles showing death from tazering by overzealous police officers I would be happy to do so. No there are more than one, or the San Antonio police department are liars and they have not had several brands as is stated in a recent tazer death article.

[bradb1977]

Once again, have you visited every police force in America to gain your facts? I am going by direct quotes from commanding officers in various police forces across America. Stop making officious garbage up to try to hide the real facts about tazers.

[milsec01]

. and by the way, there is something called the use of force continuim that the police use. as the subject becomes more apprehensive and uncooperative, they up their force. a taser is one of the lowest items on the use of force continuim. the male refused to leave (uncooperative)and was verbally beligerant to the police (yelling and cussing at them).

[bradb1977]

milsec, I know this has been a while since you posted it, adn I know we don;t get to see a lot at the beginning, but you are right to a point. The use of force continuum was created for the exact purpose you mentioned. However...

[milsec01]

the police attempted to resolve the situation by talking with the subject, he refused to comply. they took the next logical step.  they even warned him that if he didn't comply that they were going to taser him. if anyone has any questions contact me and i will elaborate further on this subject.

[bradb1977]

How can you say the proper use of force was followed. Where was the back up? Why would they simply not restrain the student or person where they were and wait for another officer to come and help carry the kid out. This was a reasonable use of force?

[felix242]

I'd like to hear what you have to say to an officer when he tasers you for something so stupid as to show your ID. Cmon...does a student in a library with hundreds of other students pose a threat? This was racial profiling and abuse. I hope you get tasered someday

[headmunke]

Been there done that hurts like hell too. But the dick should've listened in the first place.  It was not racial profiling or abuse. It was a good ol' fashion lesson.

[myfitness11]

killerofbodies meet somewhere you fucking racist fucking puke of a rent a cop cock sucking whore of a mother dick

[erinfinn]

i am so glad he's suing the hell out of these people. he was handicapped (if you didn't know) and these wanna be pigs should burn in hell

[pusula87]

so i tell you to suck my dick. do as you are told. cause you do not like little bitches who don't do as they're told.

[flowerchildplh]

your stupid... what are you a pig?

[popozaograbyosocks]

Stupid popo they suck balls they all should be shot.

[MotownMuslim]

The video show police were well within their policy to administer the taser to the student. The tool is used in an effort to gain compliance from subjects. All the way to the end the student did not comply. He was taken out with his feet dragging the floor. He was repeatedly told to stand up. He choose to protest. However, it is not known if he had sustain any injuries... I don't think so.

[Nightblade36]

The policy should be changed. The student had a bipolar disorder. Most of the students were clearly upset by the act. If this is the punishment that, perhaps we should go around tasering children if they're out past curfew. The student should have complied, but there was no need to taser him, and they could've just let him leave. I don't know what it's like to be tasered, but I doubt that you can stand after being shocked, so they shouldn't have kept asking him to and tasering him.

[ooANTIoo]

However foolish the student was (very), and whether he intended to provoke or not (probably), I still think this highlights inadequate training of the campus staff; their method and attitude was entirely counter-productive.

[ooANTIoo]

I just watched another video connected to this and found out that these guys were REAL police, not 'university police'. That's really sad. They obviously need re-trained and assigned new partners, from whom they can learn how to respond appropriately to situations like this.

[elhercegovac]

This can only happen in the United States.

[stevenhs]

Oh, I think it could happen just about anywhere.

[zeroprometheus]

Very true, we really only hear about this due to immense litigation trends here in the States.

[mmkkiiee99]

Anyone who is disturbed by the police actions here is a fool. He came to the library to make a "statement", draw attention to himself, and provoke the campus police. He refused to show his ID and refused to comply with the law. After engaging in disorderly (and childish) behaviour, the police used the appropriate level of force to remove him; he laid on the floor the entire time and would not move. He should be expelled from school for such ridiculous behaviour. He is a student radical.

[inaikaz]

the average person can't stand up for 15 minutes after being tasered. he wasn't refusing to stand up. he couldn't.

[stevenhs]

Anyone who does not have his student ID on his person at all times is by definition a student radical. Line up now to have your ID chip implanted.

[vidvidvidvidvid]

the problem is not he doesn't have an ID, the problem is he doesn't have one and he refuses to leave, he openly violate the safety policy and therefore posts a threat to other people.

[fromnortheast]

UCLA Chancellor Sir:

Video showed one of your student Mr. Tabatabainejad who audibly screaming in pain as he was stunned several times. He was also stunned with the Taser when he was already handcuffed. You may want hand him over to Mr. Cheney and I am sure once he get him through waterboarding, he'll confess his plans to destroy the world. Your school and all Americans seem to have lost the plot entirely.

[mmkkiiee99]

You're a fool. This student refused to show his ID, refused to cooperate, laid on the floor shouting and crying like a baby. He went into the library to make a "statement", draw attention to himself, and force the police hand. He set this up himself, and his lawyer's subsequent statements prove as much. The police were well within their bounds here. You're an idiot.