UCLA Officers Use Taser on ID-less Student

[innerSpaceman]

All I can say is thank god for YouTube. It's not made the L.A.P.D.'s month. Earlier this week, they were caught pepper-spraying a handcuffed suspect in the face because he was mouthing-off, but not aggressive in any way. Earlier in the month, they are shown punching a cuffed and prone suspect in the face multiple times. That one happened last summer, but the suspects attorney released it now because the D.A. is stonewalling on a deal.

I'm glad so many people have video capabilities on their cell-phones, which is how most of these things are captured ... and YouTube allows them to be on the internet and get world-wide attention.

It has come to this with police brutality -- we all need to keep video cameras on our persons at all times.


But this has been 3 quick strikes for the L.A.P.D. (it was not campus security, but UCLA-assigned police who did the tasering) ... and even though there's been no guns involved in these incidents, it sure looks like they're shooting themselves in the foot.