When It Happened: November 17th, 2006
Who Was Involved:
- Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a 23-year-old student at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- UCLA campus police.
- Norman Abrams, acting chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Merrick Bobb, former staff attorney for the Christopher Commission (which investigated LAPD abuses following the Rodney King beating).
What Happened: At a press conference on November 17th, 2006, UCLA acting chancellor Norman Abrams announced that an independent investigation into the videotaped tasering of student Mostafa Tabatabainejad by UCLA campus police would be conducted by Merrick Bobb.
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