Reply #62: Huh?

[Heywood J]

"As for the suspect, he needs to stop acting like an asshole and bring his fucking id card with him in the future and stop giving such a hard time to the cops who are doing their duties. Yes, alot of cops are pricks about their jobs, more than likely they acted like ones.

We're not all dirty."

You may not be "dirty", but the attitude of 'show me your papers or I'm justified in tazing you, now stop being an asshole' attitude tells me a lot.

The fact he has a login ID (as most university systems I've ever seen require) should be proof he has reason to be in there - someone would have to prove he was there without authorization. If he was stumbling around drunk or trying to steal shit, they're justified in approaching him and detaining him. The last time I checked, using a computer was not illegal - nor was it justified in using force. I have not heard from any report that he attempted to endanger any officer or any bystander.

Campus security is composed of glorified rent-a-cops. Unless they have badges given to them when they are sworn in as peace officers or officers of the court, they have no authority beyond what any ordinary citizen has. Ordinary citizens are not allowed to assault other citizens with tazers unless there's a self-defense issue - and even then, only in certain states.