Re: UCLA Taser Incident - Quoted Dialogue From Video
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Bottom line on this thing is that the kid should have been gone long before the cops got there. He should have left when the librarian asked him to leave because he did not have a student card.
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You are probably right. I think the cops may have been within their bounds to taser the kid, BUT it wasnt the best thing to do because of the massive scene that it created. There were like 8 officers there, they could have easily just cuffed him and carried him away even if he was struggling. Tasering him in front of 50 people just makes the kid look like a martyr, which is exactly what he wanted. I think Tasers should be an absolute last resort against someone like that who obviously does not have a weapon because its just gonna end up with the cops looking bad.
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