latimes.com — The UCLA police officer videotaped last week using a taser gun on a student studying at a library shot a homeless man at a campus study hall room three years ago and was earlier recommended for dismissal in connection with an alleged assault on a student on fraternity row.
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Closed AccountNov 21, 2006
He refused the requests because there is nowhere in the local laws etc that say that he has to provide them in the first place or that cops have any right to ask for them unless they believe the 'perp' is about to go violent or something.Face it, the student WAS being racially profiled and discriminated against. I have no idea of the truth of this, but didn't he even say to the cops that he'd gladly show them the ID if they got white students to produce theirs as well?Terrence Duren (the cop) should be fired at the very least, and for preference get locked away for a long time, not simply for the tasering, but for deeply eroding the public's trust in law enforcement personnel and for a documented history of using out of proportional force.Let him be someone's bitch in prison and see how it feels.
wtf00Nov 21, 2006
I know cop have hard job but I hate those cop at like they are god because carry a badge, and only reason they feel like god because they are protect by the law if we lay our hand on them we get prison... I hate the fact they get to use whatever force they want but we can't punch there light out when they cross the line beside suing them IF we have enough to prove his actions. I respect a cop if I get same respect back if not they could kiss my ass.
Closed AccountNov 22, 2006
I'd just like to point out that the LA Times dont have their facts straight on this one. Its disconcerting especially that the facts are twisted such that they favor the police officers. The story as according to UCLA's own paper says that it was those who worked in the LIBRARY who asked for the student's ID, NOT the police officer mentioned here. After not leaving, the CSO's (the ppl working in the library) called the cops to resolve the issue. The student who was asked to leave was heading for the exit when the cops were coming in, and one grabbed his arm, which is what caused the student to object to this, and it was this which caused the taser incident. If I were to put myself in that student's shoes, i would have probably done the same thing. The kid was an actual student at the school but had just forgotten his student ID. All of a sudden cops show up just because he forgot his student ID card?
slamm6Nov 22, 2006
Try writing with the sharp end of the crayon.
takedaNov 22, 2006
"If the idiot didn't act all SUSPECT, like he was doing something wrong nothing would have happened."Actually he probably didn't act suspicious. The thing is that UCLA's library (which is open 24h, has a policy, that all people inside needs to have student ID cards with them after 11:00pm. To enforce that they perform random checks. They didn't just check him, in fact some people.Since he was senior student he should know that already.
williamdyerNov 22, 2006
That is why you DON'T bother suing. Find his house. Find his kids. Hurt him bad.
ducksofanaheimNov 22, 2006
Innocent till PROVEN guilty...remember John Mark Carr ?
craig870Nov 23, 2006
@williamdyer"That is why you DON'T bother suing. Find his house. Find his kids. Hurt him bad."Your about a sick f**k aren't you. Threatening children is disgusting!
rushpageNov 23, 2006
Did you REALLY think for a second he did it? Bet you thought O.J. was an innocent man, too.BWAHAHAHAHAHA