"But you know, you find the absolute worst kinds of people hanging out reading libraries. /sarc"
You would be suprised at the riff raff that hang out at libraries.
The fact is we really don't know exactly what this kid did to get kicked out of the library to begin with. Perhaps violating a policy on viewing certain materials? Why did the cop grab him? Hmmm....was the guy walking V-e-r-y slowly in order to give him time to express his "views?" and to create a disruption in the library?
In my 23 plus years of working with a campus police department I've delt with this type of moron many times. Usually I give them a chance to move it along under their own stream, if however they choose to play games I've been known to provide some extra assistance in helping the individual find their way out of whatever building they were in. If they offer any verbal or physical resistance to the extra help I simply enhance my efforts to remove the subject that would include such customer service techniques as pepper mace, baton strikes, joint locks, etc. We don't carry Tazers...yet. There is something about this little story that is, indeed, missing. It is very possible the officers exceeded their use of force guidelines. Until I know more I will have to assume that they were acting within their use of force protocols and the loudmouth got what he asked for with his lack of cooperation.
Yes we do, he refused to show ID when asked and then refused to leave when asked by the library security. Due to theft, robbery and rape concerns all students staying in the library after hours must provide ID.
The CSO left and came back some unspecified "minutes" later with the police. Police say he was unco-operative and went "limp" which is when the confrontation escalated. He wasn't tased, the taser was set on drive mode which is painful but doesn't stun.
It doesn't matter what the cops coulda, should, woulda done. They would have been criticized no matter course of action they took, cause they've been made into the bad guys by liberal media and leftist professors for 40 years now.