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  • UCLA student stunned by Taser plans suit (now racial profiling)

    11/17/2006 12:03:43 AM PST · by BurbankKarl · 184 replies · 2,832+ views
    LA Times ^ | 11/16/06 | Stuart Silverstein, Times Staff Writer
    The UCLA student stunned with a Taser by a campus police officer has hired a high-profile civil rights lawyer who plans to file a brutality lawsuit. The videotaped incident, which occurred after the student refused requests to show his ID card to campus officers, triggered widespread debate on and off campus Thursday about whether use of the Taser was warranted. It was the third in a recent series of local incidents captured on video that raise questions about arrest tactics. Attorney Stephen Yagman said he plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the UCLA police of "brutal excessive...