Holy SHIT. UCLA students tazer'd by police for not showing ID -- VIDEO INCLUDED

Watching that made me physically sick to watch. What I'm wondering is, was he refusing to stand up, or was he physically unable to stand up because of all the electrocutions?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by ElectricSheep

This reminds me of an incident which occurred here just last week.

Derek Hale, a 25 year old marine veteran who served two tours in Iraq and had no arrest record, was sitting on the stoop of a rowhouse down in the city talking to a woman and her two children. It was somewhat cold that day, so he was wearing a hoodie with his hands in both pockets. Suddenly, an unmarked black SUV and an unmarked sedan pull up in front of him and six uniformed officers get out. They all point their weapons at him and demand that he place his hands over his head.

Before Hale is able to comply, one of the officers tazers him. He immediately begins to convulse and his right hand comes out of his pocket, shaking violently. After the first tazer pulse ends, officer again shout order for Hale to put his hands over his head. His body still shaking, officers tazer Hale a second time. He slumps over and vomits to his left while convulsing.

Bear in mind that at this point no officer has made any attempt to approach Hale in order to physically restrain him. Bystanders are appalled at what is occurring. One shouted at the officers that their actions were 'overkill'. The police told him to "shut [...] up, or they'd show him overkill."

After the second pulse ends, Hale rights himself. He is tazered a third time. Violently shaking, both Hale's hands are now visible. He begins to lean forward when the nearest officer decides that Hale is now an immediate lethal threat and puts three rounds of .40 S&W into his chest, killing him instantly. In his pockets they found pepper spray and a swiss army knife.

When asked if Hale ever threatened the officers at the scene, Master Sgt. Steven Elliot replied "In a sense, when he did not comply with their commands..."

Wow. I guess not complying with officer's instructions when they are pumping 50,000 peak Voltage through your body warrants three rounds in the chest. Nothing short of completely fucked up.

I went and looked up the news story for this.

Jesus christ, just reading that has me feeling incredibly furious. They murdered that man in cold blood. And they're all going to get away with it too. You know, cop brotherhood, good old boy network, that sort of thing. It just makes me sick to my stomach.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I know, but the bad ones just seem to stick out so horribly, especially cases like this.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.