He refused to leave until he was tasered.
The cop committed battery? Oh, for goodness sakes.
What's the cop supposed to do?
Sit there all night asking him to "pretty please" leave and "pretty please" don't ask others to join your "resistance."
He asked for it, he got it.
Read the article. He was leaving like he was told to do when the cop who tasered him got there. He was leaving as instructed when he was grabbed by a UCPD cop. That's battery.
The student was doing what he was told. The UCPD cop committed a crime when he grabbed him.