Fuck the UCPD
The Univ of California Police Department used sick, cruel, and excessive force to torture an Iranian-American student in the UCLA library two nights ago who apparently did not have his student ID with him while reading a book in the library, and who appartently refused to leave the library. This is the scariest and most disgusting live footage (you have to turn your sound on) I have seen, captured by someone's cell camera. Fair warning: it's not for the faint of heart. There are lots of convulsions and screams and pleas by the victim and the 50+ students surrounding him for the 5 officers to stop tazing him. There are tons of issues to discuss about this. Two of the most important ones I think are the political awareness demonstrated by the victim and those around him (they cite the patriot act), and the role of technology (cell cameras and YouTube) in outing the offenders. Here's an early news article on the issue.
Here's the latest news article from the L.A. Times. The student is filing a brutality lawsuit with a high profile civil rights lawyer. There is absolutely no excuse for the violence used by these police officers.
The offending officer is identified in this article. He has a long history of brutality, but is fearless of the law and is protected by the corrupt LAPD.
Here's the latest news article from the L.A. Times. The student is filing a brutality lawsuit with a high profile civil rights lawyer. There is absolutely no excuse for the violence used by these police officers.
The offending officer is identified in this article. He has a long history of brutality, but is fearless of the law and is protected by the corrupt LAPD.
posted by Nick at
10:05 AM
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Optimistically, sometimes it takes these sad incidents to enact real change, so in that sense, there are some special times ahead for you and all those deeply affected by these events.
That said, I don't know what's more sickening, the video or a lot of youtube.com commentors wholly justifying the police's actions.
Five police officers, one non-agressive student...of course they needed to tazer him five times. They should all get tazer awards. Fucking dumb, hard-headed slop. I hope the courts fry them like bacon. We should all be puppets and do everything we are told no matter what because someone holds a tazer to our face.
That many people justify this incident goes to show just how deep the state of fear our society lives in.
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