Did I ever mention that I hate cops?

[Munkay]

This is exactly in small what happens in large in the world in the war on terrorism.
If for small stupid things like this you start maltreating people, the only thing you create is more hatred against yourself (the police in this case).
Of course lawfully you should not resist when the police is trying to get you out of a building, but i can very well imagine the anger of the person that is being dragged out for stupid reasons. It is degrading and unfair.

And the only thing that the policemen aacomplished is several thousands more people (that saw this movie) start hating them.

Eppie, there are two issues at hand and neither have anything to do with what happens in the war on terrorism.

The first issue is that somebody who worked at the library (probably a student worker) asked for the students ID. He failed to produce it and the police were contacted. Everything the library worker did was within the library rules - every student must produce an ID to enter that area of the library at that time. Even if the worker wasn't screening everybody (like they should have), the issue of 'profiling' the student is minimized by the rule that every student must produce an ID. Profiling or not, refusing your ID and gaining entry was not an option.

The second issue has nothing to do with profiling. It has to do with some maltrained police officers reacting poorly in the given situation. Even if you believe a taser was warranted in this situation, it's clear that 5-6 taser shots was excessive. There does not appear to be any racial profiling on the behalf of the police officers. They clearly speak their command, and repeat it over and over again. There is also due warning of the oncoming tasering if student does not comply to their commands. The only thing at issue here is that the police officers should have known how to better handle the situation - including adapting their treatment of the non-compliant yet unaggressive student, especially in face of the crowd of people.

Eppie, you seem awfully quick to jump the gun and point fingers at the US. It's a big country, and the missteps of a few under trained individuals is not equivalent to the foreign political agenda. Do yourself a favor and separate the two.

Cheers,

Munk