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

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nator
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Message 80 of 142 (365337)
11-22-2006 8:58 AM

more interesting things about the officer emerging
UCLA Tasering officer: history of violence
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In May 1990, he was accused of using his nightstick to choke someone who was hanging out on a Saturday in front of a UCLA fraternity. Kente S. Scott alleged that Duren confronted him while he was walking on the street outside the Theta Xi fraternity house.
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Scott sued the university, and according to court records, UCLA officials moved to have Duren dismissed from the police force. But after an independent administrative hearing, officials overturned the dismissal, suspending him for 90 days.
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In October 2003, Duren shot and wounded a homeless man he encountered in Kerckhoff Hall. Duren chased the man into a bathroom, where they struggled and he fired two shots.
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According to one court complaint presented in the trial, Duren allegedly woke a student sleeping in the study hall in Kerckhoff in August 1993, escorted him outside, slammed him against a wall, and handcuffed and arrested him.
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The complaint also stated that on the way to the police station, Duren told the student, "For a while there I thought I was going to have to 'Rodney King' you."
  
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Message 134 of 142 (367336)
12-01-2006 5:04 PM 		Reply to: Message 83 by mick
11-28-2006 4:44 PM

Re: "fuck the police"
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You know, I've watched the video clip a few times and one of the main things that upsets me is that the surrounding students, while clearly disapproving of the cops' behaviour, do absolutely nothing to help the victim. Absolutely nothing at all!
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If I was in the position of the onlookers, I find it hard to imagine I would do nothing at all. I think it would be appropriate to perform a citizen's arrest on the cops, and to give some first aid to the student. When I put myself in the place of the onlookers, I would like to think I would try to help the tasered guy by giving one or more of the cops a good uppercut to the head. The fact that the students surrounding this incident are unable to do a single thing to help him other than yelling "stop that" is quite depressing.
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No, I don't think it would have been safe for any of those onlookers to have tried to interfere. The cops were worked up and they had guns. They could have been shot if they tried anything and the cops were skittish enough.
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One of the onlookers, when she asked one of the officers for his name and badge number, was told to back off or he would taser her.
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And I don't think they did "absolutely nothing". One of them filmed it on their camera phone, and that is, I think, probably the best possible thing they could do at that point.
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Because now it's on YouTube forever.
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12-01-2006 5:11 PM 		Reply to: Message 104 by mick
11-28-2006 10:09 PM

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Your rulers have gone and invaded a foreign country for their own financial gain, and now they're tyrannizing dark-skinned citizens within US borders.
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I don't see any response from US citizens that makes me think anybody is taking this seriously.
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Er, don't the recent midterm elections count?
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12-01-2006 5:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 106 by mick
11-28-2006 10:17 PM

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It just pisses me off, to see bright people make excuses for a bunch of right wing white fuckers in uniforms and with badges, kicking the shit out of an Iranian for no reason.
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You do realize that the cop who tasered the student is black, don't you?
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12-01-2006 7:26 PM 		Reply to: Message 137 by mick
12-01-2006 6:08 PM

Right on.
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