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The UCLA Taser incident occurred on November 14, 2006, when Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a fourth-year University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) student, was drive stunned multiple times with a Taser by campus police, for allegedly refusing to be escorted out of the College Library Instructional Computing Commons (CLICC) lab at Powell Library. The police had been called after Tabatabainejad had refused to provide his BruinCard (student ID) to a UCLA Community Service Officer during a routine check. Part of the incident was recorded on video by a camera phone. Tabatabainejad, an Iranian-American〔("Campus Police Use Stun Gun On UCLA Student" ), CBS2 Los Angeles, November 15, 2006.〕 is Baha'i, not Muslim.〔("Groups Call For Answers In UCLA Stun Gun Incident" ), the Associated Press at CBS2 Los Angeles, November 17, 2006.〕〔Sara Taylor (November 20, 2006) ("Student to file suit in Taser incident" ), ''Daily Bruin''.〕 He said through his lawyers that he refused to identify himself because he believed himself a victim of racial profiling and that the tasing was an instance of police brutality. Tabatabainejad filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the officers used excessive force and that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case was settled on May 15, 2009, with UCLA agreeing to pay $220,000 to Tabatabainejad. ==Incident== At approximately 11:30 p.m. on November 14, 2006, Community Service Officers were conducting routine checks of students' BruinCard IDs in Powell Library. UCPD Assistant Chief of Police Jeff Young said the checks are a standard procedure in the 24-hour library after 11:00 p.m., when use of the library is restricted to staff, faculty and students.〔 Sara Taylor (November 16, 2006) ("Community responds to Taser use in Powell" ), ''Daily Bruin''.〕 When Tabatabainejad refused to produce university identification, he was asked to leave the premises.〔Sara Taylor (November 17, 2006) ("Student to file suit against UCPD" ) . ''Daily Bruin''.〕 When Tabatabainejad failed to leave, UCPD officers were called to the scene,〔 arriving approximately 10 minutes later.〔 Following a confrontation, the officers used the Taser repeatedly, then told him to stand up. Tabatabainejad was released from custody after being given a citation for obstruction/delay of a peace officer in the performance of duty. According to a press release issued by the UCPD, he was also issued a court date.〔("Re: Powell Library Incident" ), memo released by the UCLA Police Department.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UCLA Taser incident」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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