UCLA student tased multiple times... pointless police violence?

What exactly did I say that was egregious? The man was warned numerous times. He failed to comply, the police followed through. He had ample time to comply. Would you disagree with that?

I personally would not have tased him. I would have used some pain compliance techniques like pressing on the pressure point behind the ear or putting my finger underneath his and applied pressure first. If that still didn't work, then I would threaten to use either pepper foam or a taser.

The next step is applying a little pain

They probably could have avoided tasing him all together, particularly because he was not violent.

LOL! What isn't abuse then?

The infraction of not having an id card is what precipitated the crime of obstruction. But, yes, I would have just handcuffed him and carried him to the car.

I wouldn't worry though. Because its in California, with any luck, he'll get off and be offered a major book deal over his ordeal, the state will award him punitive damages in the amount of 6 million dollars and all the officers will not only be fired, but also will go to prison for 30 years without the possibility of parole.

A subject physically refuses to comply or respond. He/she does not make any attempt to physically
defeat the actions of the officer but forces the officer to employ physical maneuvers to establish
control.
For example: A subject may be involved in a demonstration. The subject ignores an officer’s
requests to move and the officer must use physical strength to move the subject.

You'd have to show that tasers routinely cause death or serious injury. Otherwise, just about everything could be outlawed.

Hell, we take medications that pose a greater threat than tasers ever could.