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.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman Earlier in the month, they are shown punching a cuffed and prone suspect in the face multiple times. [SIZE=1

That one happened last summer, but the suspects attorney released it now because the D.A. is stonewalling on a deal[/size].

Actually, watch that one again. He was not handcuffed and was actually resisting pretty vigorously. Probably not enough to warrant the beating he was taking...but then again, with two officers on him and being punched in the face, he was STILL resisting, and considering that it's a 15 second video with zero context of what happened before (how much had he resisted BEFORE he was on the ground with two officers on tip of him, still resisting?), I don't consider that video to be particularly clear-cut abuse.