Xera

The eyewitnesses say he was leaving, the cops, who stand to face some pretty bad consequences, say he was refusing. I tend to believe the people who have nothing to gain over those whose view of a situation will keep them from getting fired and facing civil action, particularly when there is reason to wonder about who to trust.

Had there been one middle-eastern cop in that bunch then racial profiling might not be an issue, but anytime you talk about a middle eastern person these days you have to wonder, did he really do something, or was he profiled?

I hear him, on the video saying that he's leaving, I hear him say, "just take your hands off of me" I see no reason this could not have been resolved peacefully by the cops just removing their hands and letting him leave while they followed. If they were really concerned they could even have kept the tazers at the ready, but did they HAVE to have their hands on him? Is there some kind of policy that says that if the police are called they must be in physical contact with the student?

I do wonder, did the campus authorities check anyone else's id?

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