UCLA Student Gets Tazered

LOS ANGELES - A camera phone captured a UCLA student being shot with a stun gun by a police officer after he allegedly refused repeated requests to show his student identification and would not leave a campus library, university police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred about 11 p.m. Tuesday after police did a routine check of student ID at the Powell Library computer lab.

"This is a long-standing library policy to ensure the safety of students during the late-night hours," said UCLA Police Department spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein.

She said police tried to escort Mostafa Tabatabainejad, 23, out of the library after he refused to provide ID and would not leave.

Tabatabainejad, who was arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer, was later released on his own recognizance.

"As the officers attempted to escort him out, he went limp and continued to refuse to cooperate with officers or leave the building," Greenstein said.

Instead, Greenstein said, Tabatabainejad encouraged others at the library to join his resistance. When a crowd began to gather the police used the stun gun on him.

The arrest was captured on another student's camera phone and showed Tabatabainejad screaming while on the floor of the computer lab. The video also showed the student shouting, "Here's your Patriot Act, here's your ... abuse of power," according to the campus newspaper, the Daily Bruin.

There is no phone listing for Tabatabainejad and neither he nor his attorney could be located for comment.

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[STUNTS1516]

Jeez someone taze these bastards and see how quickly they can stand up after it!

[ontariodrome]

Fucking stupid cops.......

[cristianhere321]

Stupid kid, all he had to do was show his fuckin ID then thier the police would leave and he wouldn't have gotten tasered. Fuckin idiot.

[FilmTrailersChannel]

@thrashermario It was clearly a joke and no way to be taken seriously :)

[thrashermario]

@FilmTrailersChannel dude their is a band that is called wormrot that use this as a song intro please get informed before judging

[FilmTrailersChannel]

@thrashermario You need to see a doctor, not be watching video's on YouTube :)

[thrashermario]

wormrot brought me here

[bokumarc]

I Know They Should've Known Better When They Tried To Kill This Idiot When Half The Mother Fucking Time When He Would Not Cooperate With Officers When They Asked Him To Leave The Building When He Refused To Provide His ID To

The Officers.

[mrmitch]

they should've tasered this idiot until he cooked. what an entitled hipster cuntbag

[1bluepearl]

Yes, Powell Library checks ID's after a certain hour at the front desk when you're entering, but there's no reason for CSO's to walk around and single individuals out under the false premise of 'doing their job.' If that's part of their job descript, then, hey, they should check every single individual one-by-one studying in the library. It comes across as harassment if you're just minding your own business studying, and some jr. officer boy tries to abuse his authority.

[1bluepearl]

I know the facts. I spent 4 years on campus and unfortunately was one of the few silent victims who were singled out merely for not being white. No--UCLA is NOT a racist university, but make no mistake--there exists individuals, as well as groups of people who aren't very tolerate to racial diversification. Some of those jr pseudo-cops on campus throw their 'authority' around & try to run the campus like a mini police state. Do your research on the complaints filed against the ucla pd.

[Atsuke]

@1bluepearl "Asked to show his ID for no reason." Wrong. CSOs ask everyone to show their ID when the library closes. Why else would they set the desk up? You shouldn't judge when you don't know the facts outside of this incident. This incident has nothing to do with race or religion.