This is so awful. A man at Coachella was tazered for refusing to cover himself up in his wizard's robe. Talk about misuse of force! I mean, was the only solution to risk his life? Could they not have put him in handcuffs and wrapped a blanket around him? Terrible.
See the NSFW (and not in a sexy way) misuse of force video after the jump.
the naked guy broke the law, was given ample opportunity to not only cover up but to obey the authorities, & finally resisted arrest. I applaud the police officers for their patience & restraint. Was this unnecessary force? absolutely not.
Very simple instructions. Even if you are right and the cops are wrong, they have the power. If you resist, you are creating criminal charges where there were none, especially if everything is being documented on video.
If the local community has nudity laws, then the fellow in the video was violating them. He was given several minutes of opportunities to comply with the request to put his clothes back on. As another poster pointed out, the police tried for a few minutes to put handcuffs on him.
Granted, he didn't seem to be ninja-trained to kill someone with his tiny penis, but his actions lead me to believe that he was either very high, or mentally ill. Look at the amount of physical effort it took to restrain him. I would say he was probably high.
His behavior took away the choices of the officers. He did this to himself.
Others point out that the officers over-reacted, and I'd bet they'll face reviews and discipline for their actions too. I hope so.
There was one other thing that was playing negatively here, the crowd. They were encouraging the nude guy, and it seemed to me that they could have easily been provoked to swarm the officers. It could have become much uglier.
The cops gave him many opportunities to comply. What about the rights of everyone else who does not want to see him naked? Maybe he wants to grocery shop in the nude too. Or hang around in school zones. His actions are more then just a lack of courtesy, they are illegal and show either a lack of common sense or instability. Do you want to watch the rest of the concert or worry that this guy will attack one of your kids? Maybe he will rub against you in the concession lines or perform a little frottage on your date when things get crowded. Oh! And I just best his charisma grows as the temperature goes up and the sweat increases. As a matter of fact, lets get rid of all the cops so we can have more lunatics like this guy acting out. This guy should not be let out without his mother. Those who defend him can blow the crowd after you blow him.
They should have just pulled out a gun and blown him away. This is why every ticket ever sold after this has to have a 'clothing not optional' on it. Another sign for a growing senseless population that has to be reminded by those who are there to provide protection that abiding by the law and common courtesy are both important. Every time I go out in public, I always hope I will see another gross obnoxious naked man reminding me of why clothes make the man and nudity can destroy him. Here comes the war!
first of all u notice one of the cops grab his throat for a split second which is illegal then when the one cop kneed him in the stomach....thats illegal.
Did the author of this post even WATCH the video? I don't understand how after watching the entire video you can honestly say:
"Could they not have put him in handcuffs and wrapped a blanket around him? Terrible."
If you had watched the video, you would see the officers tried for several minutes to do this. They tried verbal warnings first. They then tried to force handcuffs on him to which he continued to resist.
ONLY AFTER ALL OTHER MEANS OF HANDCUFFING HIM did they use a tazer.
How about watching the video before forming an opinion on something.
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