Allen: I think the…
I think the key to judging the actions of the officer at the library is what if any training, instructions and guidelines they’ve received in regards to user not only the taser but in how to best deal with situations like this.
Why?
What sort of “training” do you think they’d need to understand that it’s not O.K. to torture a man who is already lying on the ground handcuffed with repeated electrical shocks?
I have no problem with looking at the problems that pervade the institutional culture of the UCPD, as far up the chain of command as you need to go. But I’ll be damned if The “Abu Ghraib” Defense is going to put me off holding these hired goons individually accountable for their actions.
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