Update on UCLA Library Taser Incident Captured on Cell Phone Camera and Posted to YouTube
Since footage of a UCLA student without ID being tasered by police in Powell library first appeared on YouTube, there have already been a number of remixes and classic YouTube first-person webcam commentary pieces (like this, this, and this).
UCLA's Iranian Student Group and the Muslim Students Association have been organizing large campus and street protests, but these organizations have not yet updated their websites with information or commentary about the incident. The best coverage is probably at The Daily Bruin.
This is a library I know well. I studied there often when I was a graduate student, even when it moved into a temporary structure next door during the building's long process of renovation. What impresses me about the video is how other students weren't afraid to become involved in the plight of a relative stranger: they immediately requested badge numbers and protested the excessive use of force.
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