Did I ever mention that I hate cops?

[BigGrim]

He's claiming racial profiling because that's what his lawyer told him to do. Frankly, this is unimportant to me.

As far as how to restrain him, as Tal asked?

There are numerous ways that a supposedly trained cop can restrain without tazering, killing or breaking bones.... and there were 6 of them. I'm not saying that tazering is inappropriate no matter what, btw. But for this?

I don't think so.

He was wearing a teeshirt, I believe. What, they were afraid he was going to pull explosives out of his butt?

According to the link Rhydderch gave and several other news articles provided by Google, the campus police decided to taze him after he decided to verbally encourage others to join his acts of resistance. Physical restraint doesn't stop someone from trying to incite civil unrest.

I'd like to see a video from a more all-encompassing angle with the audio a bit clearer, but until there's actual proof of racial profiling or they debunk the police claim that he was trying to create a mass demonstration of civil disobedience because of it, I'm not too upset that he got zapped.

After all, the injuries sustained were supposedly from contusions, likely from the repeated attempts to get him off the floor that he fought. I don't see the reports of broken bones or bleeding caused by punches to the face or cracks to the head with a nightstick. There's a reason why tazers are considered to be non-lethal force.

Well, unless you have a heart condition...