Oakland A's Fan Being Tazed by Police - 8/4/2009

Here's the rundown of the video:
1:05 - a belligerent fan gets tazed by Oakland Police.
1:25 - another fan accidentally gets pushed down the stairs in the background.
1:42 - a foul ball lands in the vicinity.

In all fairness to the OPD: there's a ramp-up that you don't see on the tape. Even though the guy shows his ticket, I don't think that's his seat. He came over a little earlier, super drunk. He wasn't angry really, just obnoxious - hollering and making a scene. He was downing all these little bottles of vodka, and started harassing the kids behind him. A's security came to check him out when he started yelling profanities.

When security told him to cool it, he got really belligerent. Started using racial epithets at the guards, etc. They told him to leave. He refused. They called in the cops. You see the rest of it.

Whether or not the tazing was necessary/appropriate, people will certainly disagree. The one thing I can tell you for sure is that this guy had no intention of leaving calmly on his own.

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• Oakland
• Athletics
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• Police
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• tazing
• ballgame
• baseball

[raydeen1]

Why take it easy on him? He was acting like a jackass

[wjb4341]

I am pretty sure this is the same guy who became a youtube hero about later for for beating up a younger black guy on a bus. He actually used a racial slur (told to black to "shine his shoes") - but the black dude was an idiot and attacked him for it - this guy is actually pretty tough & he pounded the black guy. Probably a very good move of the cops to taze him here.

[thelanghamlotus]

is that the same dude from the bus video??

[Zonafan1515]

wow, you guys are crazy as raiders and athletics fans.

[coratris]

Does he know the way to San José?

[DannyC440]

That's fucking rediculous

[highwood18]

Oh Red necks -_-

[masterb00ster]

ACAB!!!!

[barthjader]

Veteran Tom said he was smoking weed and crack while drinking alcohol during the game. That's a good reason to get tazed.

[The510CARLOS]

that was the exact same guy, not maybe

[The510CARLOS]

This is the exact same guy who was in the ac transit bus fight