Police use stun gun on UCLA student who won't leave library

ap on Riverside Press Enterprise ^ | 11/15/06 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

things that make ya go hmmmmmm?

Mostafa Tabatabainejad, 23

Powell Library computer lab

"Here's your Patriot Act, here's your ... abuse of power,"

I hope they have smurf-off control on them computers in that computer lab

[AmericanMade1776]

Mostafa....haha !

[ConservativeMind]

Tabatabainejad, who was arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer, was later released on his own recognizance.

(snip)

There is no phone listing for Tabatabainejad and neither he nor his attorney could be located for comment.

Uh, this doesn't seem entirely right...

[Publius6961]

Mostafa Tabatabainejad, 23

And all they did is escort him out?? WTH??

[AmericanMade1776]

This Mostafa is an actual student. One of his papers http://webpages.charter.net/georgebbruin/mostafa

You can be sure Mostafa is going to give the school problems.

[NormsRevenge]

That's why I dumped it in chat for now..

it may well be a developing,, seems too 'innocent' tho, not likely staged but that was a snappy retort to make as a statement.. we'll see.

I , for one, would be curious as to what kind of stuff he was up to on the computers in the lab... but that's just me. :-)

[Doomonyou]

"This is a long-standing library policy to ensure the safety of students during the late-night hours," said UCLA Police Department spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein.

Instead, Greenstein encouraged others at the library to join his resistance, police said. When a crowd began to gather they used the stun gun on him.

What's up with that?

[NautiNurse]

Greenstein encouraged others at the library to join his resistance

typo

[metmom]

Mostafa Tabatabainejad


I see.

[neb52]

Maybe they should of asked him for his ID three times!

[Velveeta]

ping

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping Velveeta.

ARTICLE SNIPPET:

"Tabatabainejad, who was arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer, was later released on his own recognizance."

[SunkenCiv]

Nice catch; he basically tried to shift blame from the Turkish Moslems to the American consulate.

[Doomonyou]

typo

I figured that, nice proof reading job.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another innocent....... like this guy:

Lawyers Try to Stop Gitmo Med Procedure ~ Paracha has acknowledged meeting Osama bin Laden twice....

[NativeNewYorker]

Impressive catch...my googling of him was fruitless.

sarcasm

Certainly seems consistent with his level of intelligent seriousness.

/sarcasm

[Firefigher NC]

Here's video footage of it from youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP_M8s0GFEc

A student caught this with his video camera. I don't agree with these police tactics whatsoever. They basically tortured the guy with a taser when these so-called "men" could have easily dragged him out of the building.

[Delta 21]

Those crazy college kids !