UCLA Officers Use Taser on ID-less Student

[Alex]

We'll have to get Carrie-Anne Moss and reshoot the opening of The Matrix to find out.

[DisneyFan25863]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I wonder if wearing PVC clothing subverts the effectiveness of taser shocks?

It used to, but apparently the new models can go through Level III body armor, so I'm guessing PVC clothes don't do much for protection.

[€uroMeinke]

How about latex body paint?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Originally Posted by DisneyFan25863

I don't think you need a full investigation to say that someone pleading for mercy while getting electrocuted numerous times by the police isn't right.

If you watch the video, you hear him say how this is an abuse of power. That's it. Since when does the government have the right to electrocute you for speaking out against it as you are being arrested?

Regardless of anything, they should not have tasered him when he said he had a medical condition. They should have either physically subdued him or, if he was life-threating, use lethal force.

Well, had the bopped him on the head it might have given him a worse medical condition. Lack of life maybe? Then we'd have the whole National Geographic Baby Seal brain splatter in Non-Fiction.

And since when do governments have those right? Since forever. Millions have died for lesser things and alot worse than a shock to the body. Granted not a continues flow of electricity, but bring the guy down and get the job done.

The kid was dumb enough not to comply. He paid the price, maybe he'll bring his ID next time. IF the cops acting wrongly and it's founded. Shock them too.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

A friend of a friend met up with a prostitute in a foriegn country and asked to try some thing different. At the moment of climax, she applied jumper cables attatched to a car battery, to our aquaintenses testicles. He chalked this up as easily one of the best sexual experiences he had ever had. Sorry, I felt I had to share.

Is this a hint for a Xmas present? The gift that keeps on giving.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

And by "gift", I, of course, meant a car battery and jumper cables, not a hooker. Just thought I should clear that up.

[Betty]

Why can't several police officers remove a handcuffed guy because he won't stand up?

Haven't they watched COP's where they just hog tie the dude, pick him up and walk away.

And with all those people - what where they thinking?

That was just disturbing.

[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.

[DisneyFan25863]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Well, had the bopped him on the head it might have given him a worse medical condition. Lack of life maybe? Then we'd have the whole National Geographic Baby Seal brain splatter in Non-Fiction.

And since when do governments have those right? Since forever. Millions have died for lesser things and alot worse than a shock to the body. Granted not a continues flow of electricity, but bring the guy down and get the job done.

The kid was dumb enough not to comply. He paid the price, maybe he'll bring his ID next time. IF the cops acting wrongly and it's founded. Shock them too.

They shouldn't have had to "bop him on the head", either. If 3 cops can't pick up a scrawny college kid physically, I've lost faith in our police.

What would you be saying if this kid had a pacemaker and the taser killed him? A taser doesn't just shock you. The ones the cops use are highly lethal devices. Hundreds of people have died from them. They lock up your central nervous system and block the signals from getting to your muscles. If used incorrectly they can seriously screw you up.

If he had a bomb on him or some other weapon, a taser or baton would have done nothing to stop him.