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South Asia: Tasers and students in UCLA

Categories: South Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Citizen Media, Human Rights, Law

An Iranian-American student at UCLA was repeatedly shot with a taser for passively resisting arrest. Sepia Mutiny [1] has more – with a video shot by an eye-witness, who uploaded it to YouTube. (note – not graphic, but the audio has the student screaming with pain.)