Word: tabatabainejad
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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Tabatabainejad’s attorney, Stephen Yagman, stated that Tabatabainejad eventually agreed to leave the library but when a police officer refused to remove his hands from Tabatabainejad, Tabatabainejad fell to the ground in further protest against his unjust treatment. The attendant police then used a Taser on Tabatabainejad, who reacted by trying to get “the use of brutal force to stop by shouting and causing people to watch,” the LA Times quoted Yagman as saying...
...about this point, a UCLA student in the libary switched on a video-recording cell phone. The first sounds that fill the clip, those of a frightened Tabatabainejad repeatedly screaming, “Don’t touch me,” make it clear that the next six minutes will broadcast distressing images. But it is actually Tabatabainejad’s tortured wailing during video’s “Tases” that is truly disturbing...
...Tabatabainejad’s pleading begins to arouse protest, the cameraman moves to a better vantage point to continue filming the incident. What follows reeks of police brutality; the officers repeatedly shock Tabatabainejad for refusing to cooperate...
...Tabatabainejad is removed from the library amid a mounting chorus of student dissent, the police attempt to disperse the crowd. Still, some students try to collect information about the police involved. It is here that one officer inadvertently inserts his entire foot into his mouth; when a student complains, the officer threatens, back away, or else “you’re going to get Tasered, too. Since the incident, the horrifying video of Tabatabainejad’s Tasering has become one of the most viewed on YouTube.com...
...journalistic role, simply by whipping out her new recording gadget. Immediately the scope of incidents that can be “reported” grows exponentially, and it seems, as a necessary corollary, justice is more likely to prevail. It might sound a touch romantic, but cases like Tabatabainejad and Cardenas are grounds for optimism...