Here is a brief summary of what happened as well as relevant links.

UCPD officers shot a student several times with a Taser inside the Powell Library CLICC computer lab late Tuesday night before taking him into custody.

Quote from Daily Bruin article


After repeated requests, the officer left and returned with campus police, who asked Tabatabainejad to leave "multiple times," according to a statement by the UCLA Police Department.

"He continued to refuse," the statement said. "As the officers attempted to escort him out, he went limp and continued to refuse to cooperate with officers or leave the building."

Witnesses disputed that account, saying that when campus police arrived, Tabatabainejad had begun to walk toward the door with his backpack. When an officer approached him and grabbed his arm, the witnesses said, Tabatabainejad told the officer to let go, yelling "Get off me" several times.

Quote from LA Times article


Also, here is a capture of the incident from a student's camera phone. The vid begins when Tabatabainejad is on his way out of the library and is yelling at officers to let go of him.

YouTube Video


I seriously couldn't believe it was campus police who tasered him. Campus police at my university are lucky if they get walkie talkies.