Month November 2006

Tasered student will sue

His lawyer is Stephen Yagman, who is known and feared by local police agencies for the ferocity of his lawsuits. He will file a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming “‘brutal excessive force,’ as well as false arrest” and racial profiling.

More on UCLA tasering

The police officers who tasered a handcuffed UCLA student threatened to taser other students who asked for their badge numbers. But, it’s illegal for a police officer to do that. Such a threat of the use of force by a…

Playstations will overthrow Cuba?

A $74-million program to encourage democracy in Cuba was beset with questionable spending that included purchases of computer gaming equipment, Godiva chocolates and cashmere sweaters. Plus, 95% of the grants were awarded noncompetitively. Given such capitalist greed and incompetence, Cuba…

Imagine that…

The UCLA student who was viciously tasered by university police is not an Anglo. His name is Mostafa Tabatabainejadd and he’s Muslim. I knew you’d be surprised. “It was the most disgusting and vile act I had ever seen in…