One of the UCLA cops who was caught on video torturing a student in shackles with a tazer has a record of sadistic, violent attacks on the job.

Brendon sez, "LAist has a great rundown of the history of Terrence Duren, an 18-year veteran of the UCPD and the 'taser-happy' officer in last week's incident. — Read the rest

Yesterday, I blogged a story and video about a UCLA student who refused to show ID to campus cops at Powell Library. The cops responded by grabbing him and repeatedly tasering him as he writhed on the floor in handcuffs, screaming alternatively in outrage and for mercy. — Read the rest

UCLA cops tasered a student who refused to show ID in Powell Library. They threatened nearby students with tasering if they interfered. A student captured video of the assault with a cameraphone. I hope the campus cops go to jail over this. — Read the rest

A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a study where he'll zap pigs with stun guns. Bioengineer John Webster is testing his hypothesis that the 50,000 volt shock by itself may not be as deadly as critics claim. From the Associated Press:

Webster suggested some of the Taser-related deaths were from a rare condition known as malignant hyperthermia, in which bodies essentially overheat.

Here are a bunch of QuickTime videos of people (and in one case, a bull who was minding his own business) getting shot with taser guns. Ouch. Link

Rankin County sheriff's deputy Christian Dedmon is the fourth member of the department's "Goon Squad" to be sentenced in the beatings, torture, rape and attempted murder that took place when they terrorized Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins, two black men, in a January 2023 raid. — Read the rest

For some reason, the police wanted Alabama's Minor High School Band to stop playing. Having issued what seems like an unlawful order to the 85% Black high school's band director, the cops claim he pushed them before they tased him. The push is not apparent in this video, but the tasing in front of a BAND FULL of students sure is. — Read the rest

Today is the sentencing day for MAGA rioter Thomas Sibick (37), who pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, and impeding police during the attempted overthrow of the United States government on January 6, 2021.

Sibick's lawyer told the judge to go easy on his client because he had only been trying to "help" former D.C. — Read the rest

Kristian White, 33, a police officer in New South Wales, Australia, is accused of tasing a 95-year-old woman suffering from dementia at a care home in Cooma. Clare Nowland "fell backwards and sustained fatal injuries" in the exonerative terminology used by the news story, but that happened while he was tasing her. — Read the rest

A gentleman who determined that license plates are optional attempted to evade the Arkansas State Police on his motorcycle, and then on foot. After an entertaining chase, officers employed a taser and unknowingly turned the fugitive's backpack into a raging fireball. — Read the rest

Two colleagues of Wayne Couzens, the London police officer convicted of raping and murdering Sarah Everard, have themselves been found guilty of "sharing offensive messages" over group chats the men shared. A fourth officer in the chat, William Neville, 34 was acquitted. — Read the rest

Carson City, Nevada arrested a custodian at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada who they allege was secretly living with his wife—a museum manager—and two young children inside the building. Police also found a cache of weapons, including an AK-47, short barrel rifle, multiple handguns, ammo, silencer, knives, and a taser. — Read the rest

Of all the koo-koo cults percolating across the American landscape today, "Sovereign Citizens" are probably one of the funniest, at least when you watch them spout their nonsense in videos like this one. But they are incredibly annoying to cops and other public officials, not to mention violent and racist. — Read the rest

After a week of refusing to do so, Grand Rapids police today released footage of one of its officers kneeling on the back of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, who is resisting arrest after a traffic stop, then executing him with a single shot to the back of his head. — Read the rest

A DoorDash delivery driver, Delane Gordon, was stopped by a cop in Tennessee for allegedly speeding. When Gordon, who is Black, calmly said he didn't want to get out of the car because he felt uncomfortable, and asked to speak to the officer's supervisor, the cop grabbed him and aggressively tried to force him out of the car. — Read the rest

Expectations for convicting bad cops may have improved, but sentencing is another matter. Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer convicted of manslaughter for killing Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man pulled over for having an air freshener dangling off his rear view mirror, has received only a two-year sentence for the slaying. — Read the rest

A St. Petersburg, Florida police officer has been fired for using a taser four times on a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair last June.

Although the man, Timothy Grant, who is Black, had "five active warrants," apparently for drugs, he was not acting aggressive or violent with the officers, as shown in police body cam video (below). — Read the rest

Is Martin Jose Alvarez (28) the next Gordon Ramsay? The 28-year-old gentleman was arrested for threatening the staff at a Florida Waffle House because their culinary skills weren't up to snuff. "You better cook the fucking bacon right!" instructed the shirtless food critic. — Read the rest

Requiring several jolts from a taser, this gentleman was dangerously worked up over his misinformation.

At a vaccination clinic in Tustin, California, located inside California's Orange County, a gentleman was caught on video abusing and then attacking the staff. Once he turned violent police were rapidly on the scene. — Read the rest

Kim Potter claimed that she thought she was firing her taser when she shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black driver pulled over for having an air freshener dangling off his rear view mirror who then resisted arrest on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. — Read the rest