I saw the recorded film of Mostafa (an Iranian student of UCLA) being repeatedly stunned with a Taser in the lab. The strange thing for me (living in Iran) was the response of present students in the lab. we all know that there is much less freedom in Iran than USA, but such an event could never be happen in a university in Iran because it would cause a riot among the students there. Why the present students in the lab did not take any action to prevent the policemen torturing the student? They seem to be just watching them and there was no sympathy for Mostafa.
2006-11-18 05:04:32 · 3 answers · asked by Ormoz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think those student in the lab were very very coward .
2006-11-18 22:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by Ali Salamat 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In Mexico, police are BARRED from entering any university campus unless invited in by the Chancellor.
Every UCLA alumnus should call the UCLA President's office (310-825-4321) and let Pres. Robert C. Dynes and Chancellor Norman Abrams know that you will withhold all contributions until the police officers are fired.
A university is usually far more tolerant and respectful of students' rights, and far more restrictive on police brutality, than outside the university gates. Having worked in universities for the past 20 years, I can safely say the behavior of the UCLA PD as exhibited in the 6-minute video (not 10 seconds) is inexcusable. They could have dragged the guy out, let him scream all he wants. If he resisted phsycially, they could have handcuffed him -- for 200 years our police did not need tasers or pepper spray to handcuff people. (Maybe he was already handcuffed when they Tasered him, which is even less excusable.)
There is a big difference between being tased once (often by a low-voltage) in a test situation and having it done to you multiple times in a row in a hostile situation. There have been 73 deaths associated with tasers between 1999 and 2004. Even police officers in five states have sued Taser International claiming they "suffered serious injuries after being shocked with the device during training classes."
http://orlando.injuryboard.com/defective-products/an-alternative-to-the-defective-and-deadly-taser.php
2006-11-19 02:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by k2j2unk 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no i haven't seen Mostafa in UCLA!
2006-11-18 13:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋