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Friday, November 17, 2006 12:00 AM

Shocking incident

The controversial taser incident at UCLA
By David Puner

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  • Friday, November 17, 2006 12:52 PM

    Who's the Profesional Here?

    I'm really curious about how this got started in the first place. The text says that police called it "a routine nighttime library safety check." I'd be really curious to know if that is in fact a "routine" at UCLA. (And if so, why only at night?)

    The video was awful to watch. I agree with a previous poster who commented on the mix between students and badly-trained cops. But it's the cops' JOB to be professional and not over-react to the behavior of a student (which, even by the admission of the police, doesn't seem to be more than an initial refusal to leave the library after he couldn't produce ID).

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