Hang on to your pants, because here we go again: another video surfacing on the internet of a cop tasing a dude. This time though, the dude is naked, and instead of fighting the cops and pleading, “Don’t tase me, bro,” the man calmly tries to convince the cops that being naked is beautiful.
An unknown man dubbed “The Naked Wizard” was tased several times in front of a stunned crowd during last month’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, a 3 day concert in Indio, Calif., known as the Woodstock of the 21st century.
The video (which is not safe for work viewing) shows cops begging the man to get dressed. When he fails to comply, the cops douse him with water and begin tasing him, much to the dismay and horror of a growing number of angry on-lookers.
Though the crowd can be heard screaming and cursing at the cops to cease the tasing, not one of them steps in to help the naked guy. Their only threat is that most of them are recording the incident on their cell phones, and they intend to “show the whole world,” the footage, as one man yells.
From the video, the naked man clearly remains calm throughout the ordeal. So why did two big cops feel the need to continuously tase one man, much less tase him at all? Why couldn’t they have just cuffed him and called it a day?
It is a fact that many victims of Taser gun abuse by cops have sued the officers in court and won their cases, but only after the fact. Why do people have to wait until it’s too late to take action against misuse of power and weaponry by officers of the law?
Should there be a law allowing bystanders to take action if they feel a police officer is abusing their power? Should cops be allowed to use Taser guns at all? Share your thoughts with us.
Warning: Video contains nudity
Naked Wizard Tased By Reality from Tracy Anderson on Vimeo.
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