Shock Me

The LA Times has an article on the officer involved in the UCLA taser case, Officer in Taser case identified, subtitled, "Terrence Duren, a 2001 UCLA officer of the year, has been the subject of two other use-of-force complaints." The LA Times reports:

The UCLA police officer videotaped last week using a Taser gun on a student also shot a homeless man at a campus study hall room three years ago and was earlier recommended for dismissal in connection with an alleged assault on fraternity row, authorities said.

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In May 1990, he was accused of using his nightstick to choke someone who was hanging out on a Saturday in front of a UCLA fraternity. Kente S. Scott alleged that Duren confronted him while he was walking on the street outside the Theta Xi fraternity house.

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In October 2003, Duren shot and wounded a homeless man he encountered in Kerckhoff Hall. Duren chased the man into a bathroom, where they struggled and he fired two shots.

Like the touch of a taser, that news about the officer comes as a shock. My original post on Mostafa Tabatabainejad, the UCLA student who was stunned several times with a Taser after he refused to show his student ID is at No ID, Taser Me.

(Via Suburban Guerrilla)

Tags: News, Civil Liberties, Law, Racial Profiling, Racism, Taser