University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause
Shocked by a Taser
Participants
Terrence Duren, Alexis Bicomong, Kevin Kilgore, Andrew Ikeda (officers) Mostafa Tabatabainejad (detainee)
Non-fatal injuries
Mostafa Tabatabainejad
Litigation
Tabatabainejad filed a lawsuit against UCLA; settled with $220,000
On November 14, 2006, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a fourth-year University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) student, was drive stunned five times with a Taser by campus police while handcuffed.
Tabatabainejad allegedly refused to show his school ID to a fellow student acting as security at the college library Instructional Computing Commons (CLICC) lab at Powell Library during finals week. A UCLA ID card with magnetic strip is needed to enter into the library after hours and therefore it was assumed that all individuals in the library were students and had valid ID cards to gain access. However, asking students to show ID was not a common practice and for this reason the student refused to show his ID and instead asked the community officer if he had asked anyone else that evening to show their ID.
The community officer threatened to call campus police if he didn't show ID. Tabatabainejad, being confident the campus police would take his side as he felt he was being harassed and singled out because of his Middle Eastern ethnicity, invited the community officer to do so.
When the campus police arrived they did not ask questions but instead handcuffed Tabatabainejad and attempted to physically remove him from the library. Tabatabainejad sat on the floor in protest of the way he was being treated at his own university while he was studying for final exams. The campus police then tasered him five times while his hands were bound behind his back with plastic wrist restraints. Part of the incident was recorded on video by a camera phone and is available for viewing on YouTube.
Tabatabainejad, an Iranian-American[1] of Muslim heritage,[2][3] said through his lawyers that he refused to identify himself because he believed himself a victim of racial profiling and that the tasing was an instance of police brutality. Tabatabainejad filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the officers used excessive force and that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case was settled on May 15, 2009, with UCLA agreeing to pay $220,000.
^"Campus Police Use Stun Gun On UCLA Student", CBS2 Los Angeles, November 15, 2006.
^"Groups Call For Answers In UCLA Stun Gun Incident", the Associated Press at CBS2 Los Angeles, November 17, 2006.
^Sara Taylor (November 20, 2006) "Student to file suit in Taser incident", Daily Bruin.
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