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UCLA student stunned by Taser plans suit (now racial profiling)
LA Times ^ | 11/16/06 | Stuart Silverstein, Times Staff Writer

Posted on 11/17/2006 12:03:43 AM PST by BurbankKarl

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To: BurbankKarl

Avoid crowds. Avoid pissing off people with guns. This approach has worked my entire life.


181 posted on 11/19/2006 11:09:39 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: Binstence

First, you label these officers as bad apples without any shred of proof that they are. The video clearly shows that the officers were dealing with a kicking and screaming subject that was grandstanding for attention, and he, unfortunately for him, got his wish. As a "good law abiding citizen" I'm sure you will not have to encounter the police in the manner that the arrested subject did. Just because the guy says he was abused, just because some college kids say they think he was abused does NOT mean he was. Before we rush to judgement on this case, let the investigation take place. If the officers exceeded their use of force protocols it'll become known fairly quickly as the University will likely suspend or terminate those officers responsible in short order. The University will also likely distance themselves from the alleged guilty officers by saying they are not liable for the officers actions because they acted outside the scope of their employment by violating whatever use of force policy is in place. If the University backs the officers...bet your money the officers acted properly.

You are taking a knee jerk reaction to the situation. It's a shame really, but if that's your schtick well more power to ya.


182 posted on 11/19/2006 5:37:58 PM PST by GLH3IL (Truth: The remedy for liberalism.)
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To: Binstence
You're kidding yourself:
The constitution is under assault in so many ways. I am afraid we will all long for the days of the kindly cop. (Go rent "It's a Wonderful Life" if you don't know what a kindly cop is." The state is slowly becoming an enemy of the people.
In the days of "Wonderful Life" cops regularly beat people with or without merit. Just read any newspaper for a week or two over any given year in American history, and you'll find plenty of citizen-police interaction. Some merited the violence, some didn't. It's an act of supreme arrogance to assume that things are different today than from before. Read up on your history -- here, headlines involving excessive use force by police over a four month period in early 1900:
DR. PETERS DENOUNCES POLICE; Says Arrest of Thousands of Small Boys a Year for Little Pranks Should Be Stopped. -- Jan 15, 1900
BLUE LAWS IN BALTIMORE.; Every Store in the City Ordered Closed on Sunday -- Police Take Names of All Offenders. -- Jan 29, 1900
POLICE KILL SAFE BLOWERS.; Quincy (Ill.) Officers End the Careers of Two Burglars and Wound a Third -- Jan 29, 1900. p. 2
HOAX MAY END IN DEATH; William Moore Shot After Giving False Alarm of Fire. POLICE SAY REVOLVER FELL Declare Policeman Haverkamp Did Not Fire, but Doctors Say the Bullet Coursed Downward.-- Feb 5, 1900
POLICE WATCH FOR NIHILISTS.; Secret Service Officers and Guards Protect the Czar.-- Mar 7, 1900
MRS. LESLIE CARTER AGAIN ILL.; Succumbs in Cleveland -- Police May Have Something to Do with It. -- Mar 8, 1900
POLICE YIELD IN QUEENS; District Attorney Says Law and Order Win first Round. Grand Jury Will Continue Its Investigation of Protected Vice -- To Call Accused Policemen. -- Apr 13, 1900
BOY SWIMS FROM POLICE.; Jumps into a Canal Twice to Avoid Being Arrested. -- Apr 14, 1900
ACCUSES POLICE CAPTORS.; Mr. Shea Charges False Arrest -- Why He Whistled in Cel --Apr 22 1900
The police do and always have represented larger policies and wishes of the public. That's called a democracy. If you want dip-wads to curse out the police who are enforcing simple rules then go ahead and defend this moron. The police in this case did nothing beyond what the larger society insists upon: safety for our students in a university library.

Look over those early 1900 headlines: blue laws, morality codes, anarchists... and so on. The cops were only enforcing democracy's will.

It would seem to me that you are either misguided or opposed to our system of government.

183 posted on 11/19/2006 6:27:52 PM PST by nicollo (All economics are politics)
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To: Binstence

A snotty nosed worm might sass, but then comply. This kid is ENTITLED and above the rule in his arrogant, defiant mind.

Tell me...what should they have done in response to the kid? Say "Oh well, since your don't want to....never mind."

Bull. They needed to forcibly carry the jackass out. If he was violent...then a billy club or taser.


184 posted on 11/20/2006 4:35:54 AM PST by Dudoight
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To: Binstence
Opinionated rhetoric.

You have just GOT to stop always bringing the conversation around to yourself and the things you've done.


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185 posted on 11/21/2006 6:30:04 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Now we are all Massoud)
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