Unruly UCLA student plans suit

Apparently resisting arrest and civil disobedience gives you the right to sue. Yes my friends, that's what is happening in LA after Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a 23-year-old senior at UCLA is doing after he defiantly refused requests to show his ID card to campus police.



As Stop The ACLU asks, "What part of 'stand up' does this moonbat retard not understand?"

But you see that's not the issue here according to Tabatabainejad's attorney Stephen Yagman. Rather than simply "stand up" and abide by a routine nightly procedure put in place to protect students, Tabatabainejad would rather say "f*ck you" to the officers and make it a race issue. Someone please tell me when the ACLU will start demanding that it’s our civil right to take some responsibility for our own actions?

Now the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for an independent investigation into the incident.

But the American-Islamic relations group says an outside probe's needed to make sure the case's "civil rights aspects" are taken seriously.

Again, civil rights don't just apply to the results of your actions. They apply to everything you say and do. It's my civil right to walk into a bar full of Oakland Raiders fans and declare their beloved team is a bunch of chump sissies. But it's also my civil right to take the beating from the stupidity of my actions. The same logic applies to Tabatabainejad's actions in the UCLA library.

When you're asked for an ID, you show it. If you refuse to leave after refusing to show ID, what action should the campus police take? Not to mention, when you start inciting others to take action and spout political rhetoric about the Patriot Act, you better be ready to accept responsibility for what you are doing. But Mr. Tabatabainejad would rather blame "the man." Mr. Tabatabainejad would rather blame America. Mr. Tabatabainejad would rather blame the Patriot Act. Mr. Tabatabainejad would rather make this about his race then accept he acted unreasonably in the face of campus security.

Mr. Tabatabainejad, only you made this about your race. Next time you'll show your darn ID and avoid looking like a tool shed.

Michelle Malkin has some good stuff on this as well as an eye-opening e-mail from a UCLA student.

First and foremost, I wish to clarify that, regardless of what some might attempt to claim, it is absurd to believe that Mr. Tabatabainejad was targeted based on his race or ethnicity. Random ID card checks are standard procedure in Powell Library after 11 PM, to ensure the safety of students. Furthermore, these checks were performed by Community Service Officers (CSOs), not UCPD officers. CSOs are UCLA students hired by UCPD to aide in security and service activities, and to support UCPD. Thus, Mr. Tabatabainejad was the subject of a very ordinary, very standard ID card check by his own, fellow students. He failed to produce an ID, so the CSOs requested he leave (as they would of anyone without an ID). Of course, the situation deteriorated from there and the chain of events from there is detailed (albeit in a rather biased manner) by the Daily Bruin.

Labels: Education, Law Enforcement, Moonbats, Protest, Students

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