Kid being tazered
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- Jaline0
He seems like the typical "I am God" teen, which bothers me even more.
Sorry, I'm just used to it because they're all around me everyday :z
Not all teens are that way, of course. But many are definitely the same way. He was obviously getting more attention from the crowd too.
- TheBlueOne0
Was just riding the wave of hyperbole, but using it to point out the slippery slope...sure the kid is a complete tool, but the cops were morons as well...the one guy shouldn't be on any police force anywhere, and a tazer ain't the way to handle that situation..
- mrdobolina0
I dont think white people will ever really realize how it is in america to be black, hispanic or from the middle east, including myself.
So when I hear them talk about it, it doesn't mean anything.
How many other people were asked for ID? I havent seen that listed in any of these stories I have read about it.
Racism is a real thing.
Now this isnt to say that the kid isnt a punk, but if he was the only guy carded in the library or lab or whatever, what should he think?
- TheBlueOne0
I do endorse the idea of tazzering David Blaine on sight though...
- mrdobolina0
rubber bullets.
- ********0
they have had a running problem at UCLA with the open campus and probs in the library. How many other people need to be asked before asking him? 5, 10 ,15? 4 whites , a black , a female then a hasidic jew?
If you are asked to show , show it. Because all the violence, rapes and other actions that have happened there will lead to these type of tactics
- gabriel20
"Now this isnt to say that the kid isnt a punk, but if he was the only guy carded in the library or lab or whatever, what should he think?"
He should think, "Well, I guess I better go home and get my ID and come back." But he didn't, he decided to act like a jackass.
- TheBlueOne0
You know, I guess it's my age. Back in the 80's we certainly didn't dig the cops or authority too much...
The kids today don't understand civil disobedience and think it's lame and weak and that cops have the right to excercise authority/violence at their discretion...
That's what's weak.
- mrdobolina0
being a jackass does not give the cop the right to use excessive force. That is my point.
can't you see that that is what this is about? not your personal feelings about the kid?
the cop's personal feelings about the kid should not come into play.
- OSFA0
People are sooo angry at this loser getting tazored when there's a wall being built on the border and racists are shooting (real bullets) entire families as well as work and house inspections...what's next? concentration camps?
- TheBlueOne0
People are sooo angry at this loser getting tazored when there's a wall being built on the border and racists are shooting (real bullets) entire families as well as work and house inspections...what's next? concentration camps?
OSFA
(Nov 22 06, 12:34)Well that wall is kinda a big joke isn't it? How many mexicans are going to walk up to it and say "Oh well, there it is then. No point really." and turn around and go home?
- gabriel20
Who said the cop's personal feelings did come into play? You're making the same biased assumption against the cop as other people are making against the kid. If you're an underpaid security guard who feels threatened by somebody, how would you react? Take the chance that the person is going to attack you while you escort them out?
- OSFA0
It might just be me, but the fact that a civilian organizes an ilegal alien watch team and goes hunting for humans is a little worse than a cop tazoring a loser. I think that is considered murder in some areas...
- ********0
again, resposibility for ones own actions. If you are crossing into a country illegally (not saying I condone the watch groups) and know there are people who will put a cap in your ass, well... Don't you think you should turn around and try to enter the country LEGALLY!
- Jaline0
If you are asked to show , show it. Because all the violence, rapes and other actions that have happened there will lead to these type of tactics
morilla
(Nov 22 06, 12:29)Exactly. I think student safety (ironically) in general trumps one kid's non-cooperative actions and the consequences of those actions, which entailed the police tazoring him.
- OSFA0
my point is, where the fuck are authorities when civilians are murdering unarmed human beings? I don't condone crossing the border either, but nobody has the right to kill somebody.
- OSFA0
Exactly. I think student safety (ironically)
Jaline
(Nov 22 06, 12:47)Jaline, is there something you would like to share with us?
- TheBlueOne0
It might just be me, but the fact that a civilian organizes an ilegal alien watch team and goes hunting for humans is a little worse than a cop tazoring a loser. I think that is considered murder in some areas...
OSFA
(Nov 22 06, 12:41)
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The fact that you're not seeing a connection between these two things is suprising to me.
- mrdobolina0
If you're an underpaid security guard who feels threatened by somebody, how would you react? Take the chance that the person is going to attack you while you escort them out?
gabriel2
(Nov 22 06, 12:38)An "underpaid security guard who feels threatened" is quite biased in its own right. No?
I guess I could just never be a cop because I actually think about things before acting.
Knowing that the kid didnt pose a physical threat, how was the tazering justified? It wasn't because the kid wasnt a threat.
- Jaline0
I said ironically because a student was tazored, and they were trying to look out for the students.