UCLA Officers Use Taser on ID-less Student

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Yes, but it is illegal to interfere with a police officer and I think a good case can be made that's what the student questioning the officer (who was just a bystander) was doing.

If the police officer is standing around (which is what he was doing, keeping the crowd back), it is perfectly legal to demand his badge number and name. The student made no effort to interfere with his duty. The cop could have ignored him, but instead threatened to taser him.