Good for him. It's about time we took back our country. In America we don't taser people for not having IDs in a school library. We don't taser people for civil disobedience - i.e., sitting on the floor when you ask them to leave. We don't taser people for simply being a jerk. Civil rights exist for a reason - they exist to protect you especially when the authorities think you're being a jerk. UCLA just embarrassed itself in front of the entire world. How the administration responds to this incident will affect its reputation for decades to come.
More info here, including a student-shot video of the incident.
There's a protest at UCLA today at noon. I hope someone is going to post video on YouTube.
PROTEST POLICE BRUTALITY AT KERCKHOFF STEPSAnd feel free to contact the chancellor of UCLA:
No Taser Guns PLEASE!
Friday, November 17, 2006
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Kerckhoff Steps on BruinWalk
308 Westwood Plaza (map)
Los Angeles, CA
Interim Chancellor Norman Abrams
Telephone: 310-825-2151
Fax: 310-206-6030
Email: chancellor@conet.ucla.edu
