Video of the Day: Naked Man at Coachella Tasered by Police


Naked Wizard Tased By Reality from Tracy Anderson on Vimeo.

The Huffington Post calls it "the best Tasering video since 'Don't Tase me bro!'" This also brings up disturbing memories from the UCLA tasering incident.

Warning: the video is NSFW

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It has to be said: Smallest. Dick. EVER.

Small Dick with Big Dicks. GET IT?

Saw this last night. Poor guy. It's bad enough you've got a pony tail. And a wizard costume. And you're naked in front of hundreds at Coachella. And you're being tasered. But the penis. The rest are life choices, but the worst one can't be helped.

I understand that the tasering is legal. But I'd sure like to know if hair grabbing is considered police brutality.

However, the knee to the solar plexus... definite police brutality.

Talk about excessive force. Since when is tazering the penalty for public nudity? The guy was obviously not a threat to anyone in the area, yet these overzealous officers find it necessary to continue tazing him even after he's pinned on the ground.

Um, sure they were. These "overzealous officers" as you put it gave this man more then enough chances to put his clothes back on and get on with his day. They were very nice and took 5 minutes to talk nicely to this guy, who was obviously beyond nuts, no pun intended.

I agree that there is nothing really wrong with public nudity. America needs to grow up past the first grade mentality of "Ohh. Boobies!" and realize, this is what human bodies look like. We walked around for thousands of years naked, and now all of a sudden, it's a bad thing.

So what? They tazed him. Would you have preferred they turned his face into an unrecognizable bowl of porridge with their billy clubs or just given him a little shock to get him under control?

Bottom line, they dude tried to assault the officers. You *try* to lay a hand on a cop, you *deserve* a beating. They were nice and only shocked his ass into submission.

Oh, btw, nice dick.

It looks like he has two belly buttons... one innie and one outie.
Poor guy.

As far as the cops go they did get a bit out of hand but they were actually very nice at first and gave him a lot of chances. Saying stuff along the lines of "c'mon man... you'll have a lot better time if you just put your clothes on, etc..." It sort of seems like he wanted this to go down.

Well,

So you have a guy, naked but earlier dressed as a wizard, at a public event where there are crowds people. From the looks of it, you appear to be under the influence of *some* type of drug, god knows what. And you're repeatedly ignoring the requests of officers, who are actually being very decent to you. And then you begin to resist arrest.

I fail to see any problems here. Be glad the other two police officers didn't tase him, too.

Come on, really? Three officers could have very easily tackled him to the ground, put him in cuffs and taken him away. Why did the taser even need to be introduced into the situation?

if you watch the video slowly, while the naked guy was on the ground, the biggest cop stands up, starts to un-holster his taser and then drop onto the guys ribs with one knee. Then the other cop that was holding the guy down lets go. The 3rd cop is ready out of the way with the taser shoots him. They were setting him up. They had no intention on Cuffing this guy until they got to use their neat gadgets.

And you fail to see the part where he is RESISTING ARREST AND FIGHTING AGAINST THE OFFICERS.

Jesus! American people get dumber and dumber by the second.

Who cares if the guy was naked, did this really necessitate any police action at all?

Two things: It looked like the cop was tasering the guy right over the left breast. Very close to his heart. Could a taser send someone into cardiac arrest?

Second, do police forces have ANY physical fitness requirements? Good GOD. All three of these cops were totally fat, you notice that? Huge guts hanging over their belts. What is it with cops and being so grossly out of shape???

Well that's really screwed up. So is this how Palm Springs PD shows the college community that they are welcome in Palm Spring for Spring Break? All those cops are jokes, It took 3 officer all at 300+lbs over 5 mins to get cuffs on a naked man that was not even trying to wrestling with them. If you watch the video, the only time he put his hands on the officer was to pat him on the shoulder. Those pigs are just redneck jokes.

lol....someone says.."freedom of speech" what was he speaking out about? the fact that wizards wear no underwear? which brings to mind...why the fuck would you wear a wizard outfit in 100 degree weather? this is coachella NOT the High Sierra music fest.

the police force at coachella has always been relaxed....they did ask him nicely many times to put his clothes back on...and the guy tosses it at the cops...


this guy is essentially exposing himself to minors since its an all ages event.


now if this was 21+...maybe it would have been ok.....but not at an all ages event. even if all he wanted to do is to even out that sunburn.

lol, I want to give the benefit of the doubt that the freedom of speech comment had to do with the folks recording the incident even tho I fear it was about lack of underwear.

Freedom of Speech actually has to do with his nudity. Where I am from it is public nudity is covered under free speech.

"this guy is essentially exposing himself to minors since its an all ages event."

God forbid children see a penis, or breasts.

If 1969 California could see 2009 California, it would be deeply ashamed. I'm looking at you too, Miss CA.

Sorry I don't see a problem. After being asked NICELY repeatedly to simply put his clothes back on the guy was being defiant and uncooperative. At one point he even says "he can do this all day", to me indicating he had no intentions to comply to the request. The guy got what he asked for.

The second he put his hand on the police officer, they had every right to take him down. Frankly, I think they exhibited extraordinary restraint here.

Any idiot knows you should never ever argue with a police officer and you certainly should never attempt to place your hands on one.

Lastly, that's gotta be the largest FTM clitoris I've ever seen.

I'm not going to comment on the tasering. Everyone here's said plenty. What I did find kind of funny was that last look the female reporter gave him as she walked away.

You know where she looked!

I had a feeling the tasing was coming. Just remember "if the cops put the gloves on your ass is going down."

i'm trying to figure out which is more pathetic:

the dude who's given ample opportunity to obey festival rules by putting on his clothes and sparing himself the embarrassment of having his package on display (hello viral video!!) or...

the complete ineptness of the 3 cops, each of whom weigh more than the dude, taking 5 long minutes to detain him. watching them struggle like that gives me zero confidence in their policing ability. citizens of indio should be happy there's no real crime out there.

I totally agree. It shouldn't take three 200+ lbs. cops to take down a naked guy on drugs. If anything, those three police officers should be reprimanded by their department for being out of shape. Basic take down and handcuffing technique could have prevented this tasering debacle.

"Lastly, that's gotta be the largest FTM clitoris I've ever seen."

LOL

"Lastly, that's gotta be the largest FTM clitoris I've ever seen."

LOL

@ jigs: you don't know Indio then. Never seen so many meth-heads in a rural setting in my life.

@ theuglyamerican: You stay classy man, true to form. When a naked fucking hippie needs to be brought down by three fat cops for not wearing clothes, and they do it so poorly, it's really their fault, not his.

@ everyone: I give Mr. Turtlepenis props, it takes more than balls to rock that junk, I give him credit for not caring an inch, and yes, pun intended.

When a naked fucking hippie needs to be brought down by three fat cops for not wearing clothes, and they do it so poorly, it's really their fault, not his.


No, it's really his fault being a micro-dicked tard.

They gave him plenty of opportunities to end it peacefully. Got what he deserved.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA CONFIRMED WITH MY FRIENDS THAT I TOTALLY KNOW THIS GUY! I was in a play with him in college, and he used to come to our parties and juggle fire. I won't share his name, but it's totally a guy I know. And trust me, his last name is hee-larious.

All is right with the world.

3 cops, one naked dude. Enough said.

My only beef is why weren't the Coachella douchebags throwing their plastic water bottles at the cops? Seems like they have less balls than the guy getting shocked. Easy to be pissed when you can stand on the sidelines and say how much it's wrong, yet do nothing.

Weaksauce.

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"My only beef is why weren't the Coachella douchebags throwing their plastic water bottles at the cops?"

And have the entire festivial declared a riot and an illegal assembly? That would have been real smart, and maybe ended Coachella for good.

I couldnt figure out if he had a dick or if it was non-existent. But apparently its just really small. Your right pony-tailed shrimp-dick the whole world is watching. And its not in your favor.

Where is a snuggie when you need one???

YOU PEOPLE ARE STUPID. HE HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES TO PUT ON CLOTHES. BEING NAKED IN PUBLIC IS ILLEGAL. HE DESERVED TO BE TASED.

Hahahahaha. Man, someone has some strong opinions and an even stronger caps lock key. I don't think people are saying that public nudity isn't illegal, they're in the middle of a debate as old as the Magna Carta: whether or not the degree of punshiment fits the crime.

Under your guidelines, all those girls flashing at Mardi Gras deserve to be tased too. And no one, but NO ONE, wants that.

I'm glad there's one person here who has high social morals and is ready, willing, and able to tell us all how we should act and react. Seriously, the guy was stupid, the cops in the right and the reporter (who looked DOWN at the last second) bastions of proper public presence*.

You bleeding Fucktard!

* Short version. Find a hobby.

I just wonder if he shaves his pubes so that he can find his junk a little easier.

You're all assholes. Have some fucking empathy.

I'm not trying to be funny or mean in any way, but I honestly did not know a mans penis could be that small.

And he should have just put some pants on. Stupid.

I would have liked to have gotten everyone watching to take off their clothes as well.

oh my god! i thought everyone was exaggerating about his small penis.
poor, poor man.

This is so bizarre on so many levels. What's up with a crowd of people standing around watching and video taping the whole thing?

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