Naked Wizard Taser Brawl At Coachella (VIDEO NSFW)

The police officers beg and plead for the man to put on his robes, but all the Naked Wizard wants to do is be free of his wizard sleeves and hang in the breeze. He throws his colorful garb onto the grass.

"It doesn't have to stop," the Naked Wizard says.

"I'll tell you what," the cop says. "You can have a great time -- but you can have an even better time if you put your clothes on...Can I get them for you?"

The officer grabs the gown and tosses to the Naked Wizard, but he casts it away again. Then the cops put on their rubber gloves, and things get ugly.

Herewith, the best Tasering video since "Don't Tase me bro!"

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Comments

[Tom Gerace]

Textbook case of proper Taser use. Good job .

[juke52]

If the cops just told him to put clothes on without any incarceration, it's his own fault he didn't comply

[Ross Skipworth]

AMERICA F&*K YEAH!!!!

[Daniel Wiik]

quote: "They used restraining techniques that are difficult to apply when the subject is naked and sweaty and slippery and they are of limited effectivenes because the guy is irrational and somewhat oblivious to pain and pressure. Grow up, folks. This is real life. The police officers, who are doing their job are entitled to keep themselves safe while protecting the crowd."

How stupid are you, I hope you one day get treated with the same teqniques, ever heard of the term excessive use of force? these police officers are a disgrace, since when did kneedropping someone become a restraining teqnique, or applying that amount of tazing to someone thats not a threat, three fat cops not able to hold one man down, i could have done it easy alone with applying pressure to his joints and stripsing his hands to his back, then i could have taken a blanket and wrapped around the guy to prevent his nudity and escorted him to my car and driven him to the police station. Which would have been a much better way to solve this issue then the uneeded tazing(ever been tazed? if you are in my neighbourhood sometime feel free to pop by for a test). Dont you try tell me any of the things these cops did was necessary, hope they loose their job and end up on the streets. But im guessing their actions had no consequences at all.

[Kenton Hines]

You're stupid. He was resisting arrest and tried to run, tasing him is exactly what is warranted in that situation. But, that dude is a horse, the cops need to hire him to test new non-lethal weapons. I bet pepper spray and a tranq couldn't even take him down...

[thegatso]

I would MUCH MUCH MUCH rather have my kid see a naked person then ANY violence WHATSOEVER, let alone a tazing. This is absolutely ridiculous. There was a place in there when the office Knee dropped the guy and all he had done was turn over to get his face out of the dirt. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[randomkansas]

WOW, then you would be a horrible parent. So a naked adult waving his business in front of your kid is ok but a lesson in "that's happening because he is doing something bad" is bad. You really need to think first. This guy was given lots of opportunities to comply, I think the officers handled it well. You and other people like you are the problem with this world, you live in a fantasy of rainbow farts and butterfly kisses. Grow a pair and admit you can't run around naked without getting a little justice brought down upon you. Everybody hates the cops until something happens to them and suddenly they need the cops to take care of them. Lets let a group of naked men stand in front of your child and see how fast you call the police to tase him. Seriously, think before you comment.

[Sean Murphy]

Sounds to me like thegatso would be a better parent than you would. As a patriotic American, I value American values, the values of the Founding Fathers - values like protest, the exercise of free speech, and police who protect the populace rather than terrorize them. And yeah, a naked guy (who never waved anything but his hands in the video, by-the-by) is a lot less immoral than police abusing their power. The guy wasn't too bright, but the police acted in a criminal manner...

[James Burns]

I agree on your thoughts ! Yes they were there to keep things safe , what if it were a black or mexican ? !! Send your wife or girlfriend to walk around outside ?!! I myself love the human body but theres places for that !! All the bad comments , why dont you and your family go get naked go to wal mart and shop !! The cops were trying to give him a chance to do what they asked mabey to much tasing but go get naked at your mommas house .

[Matt Crist]

Does it really matter what you think? Police are these novel people who are "Law Enforcers". You may have heard of this phenomenon, society passes laws and we pay these men and women to stick their necks out to enforce the laws we pass...

This guy refused to abide by our laws, our law enforcers arrested him. Those men deserve your thanks, not your scorn.

[Matt Crist]

Oh and there was no abuse of power.

[BrandoLives]

If the Naked Wizard were black he'd probably have been shot.

Anyways, I don't think being naked at a stupid rock festival is enough to warrant putting someone in jail, LET ALONE tased. But hey, whatever. People wanna live in a police state, let em have their police state.

[orinincandenza]

Jesus Christ.

[Jessica Ervin]

I never saw a boot stomping his face and he had ample opportunity to comply with what the officers were asking. Indecent exposure is against the law. Would you want your kids seeing something like that? All he had to do was put his clothes back on but instead he resisted and got tased. If he didn't want the consequences he shouldn't have acted that way. The police tried several times to get him to put his clothes on. They could've arrested him right away but they didn't because they were trying to be nice.

[Ron Hiner]

Not that I disagree with you entirely, but why is it that we want to hide nudity from our children? I'd prefer exposing my kid to one thousand naked people before submitting them to a single tasing.

[Matt Crist]

Then go to your state legislature and propose a reformation of the public nudity laws. Chastising the police who enforce the current law is a waste of time and hurts our society.

[rob roy]

This was a rock concert. A private event and unless the ticket says don't get naked then it isn't necessarily indecent exposure. I saw no children. And besides, children wonder around naked all the time so I don't think they would care. A body is only shameful to those that claim it to be shameful. You are creating the problem instead of just saying, "no big deal" and then it would be no big deal. The only response I saw in this video was the shock of the violence NOT the nudity. What ever happened to liberty...

I bet you would have been first in line to lock up Jim Morrison.

[pigmaster]

If this was indead a rock concert they would have had their own security. For the cops to be there they would have had to have been actually called to handle this situation. So either some citizen called it in, or maybe someone from the staff, most likely the latter. Once the cops get there they have to resolve the situation, either by getting him clothed or bringing his ass in. He just made it hard on them.

[Jordan Conaway]

hahaha he had a wee little pee pee

[twogross]

the 'lice have smaller peepees than this guy, that's why the situation..

[loncowber]

Based on the comments below, I think my video is not working correctly. All I see is a boot stamping on a human face, forever.

[Burrow Owl]

"All I see is a boot stamping on a human face, forever."

Sad, but true.

Unfortunately, only a tiny minority of the folks viewing the video or browsing the comments here will ever possess the wit to understand why.

[orinincandenza]

You guys who are all smart enough to understand why you're right and we're all wrong, maybe you can go somewhere else to talk about it.

[choiceman]

as well.....if you notice early on the cops did not overreact even when the guy touched them, patted them on the back etc. In fact they very calmly grab the guy by the arms when it came time to get him out of there...and then slowly tried to put his arms behind....

It was ONLY when the guys started fighting back that they were forced to take more drastic measure (which still did not work).

Further more....The taser, while it may look awful as it is momentarily debilitating, is actual very safe and generally offers zero permanent harm to a victim. As well it is individually directed so it does not put anyone else in the area at harm. The guy probably woke up the next morning with a nasty headache (hangover) and no recollection of what happened....that is until he went online anyway.

[kitsinu]

He was not only not cooperating, he was in fact resisting. They tried to handcuff him behind his back and he brought his arms around his front and rolled over.

I think the cops were being very reasonable and dealt with him far far more gently than 90% of police would have (maybe I am misjudging, I certainly hope so). They tried reason, they tried gentleness, but they met a stone wall and had to do their jobs.

Kudos to the police, it is nice to see cops acting so professionally. (I am not be sarcastic in the slightest)

[manonthemoonmarigolds]

Here in Canada the RCMP killed a man recently with the "actual very safe" taser. He was a large, strong man with no history of heart problems. They've been testing tasers and have found a percentage do not meet manufacturer's specifications. They either generate lower or higher then recommended voltage - making them either useless or potentially fatal. Their use is banned in certain jurisdictions and will probably be banned altogether in the next few years.

And one guy on the ground 'fighting back', (did we see the same video?) - versus THREE large cops - and they can't cuff him? They can pull his hair, knee him in the stomach, the chest, twist his arms - but they can't cuff him!!!

[Jim Robinson 1]

Have you ever tried to handcuff someone? Honestly? I have had to do it and It's a common misconception that 2 or 3 people can easily handcuff another person. I'm not a big guy, but it's unlikely that they could have handcuffed me if I didn't allow it - or they didn't resort to the tactics we saw in the video.

Try laying on the ground, pull your arms in tight and see if someone can pull an arm away from your body. They won't be able to do it. I suppose they could have jumped on him and went into an all-out wrestling match in an attempt to handcuff him. Unfortunately you would then complain about those tactics as well.

[Tracey Newlove]

Actually your statement that "tasers...generally offer zero permannet harm to a victim" is not correct. As a physician, I am well aware that while tasers have a low rate of adverse events associated with their use, they do have a risk of very serious complications, notably cardiac arrythmias that can quickly lead to death. This risk of inducing abnormal heart rythms is dependent on the weight of the person since all taser devices are designed to deliver the same amount of electricity per shock so a smaller person gets a higher relative dose. There are plenty of reported cases of fatalities associated with the use of taser devices. While I 'm not arguing that tasers shouldn't be used since I think they can be an important tool to reduce the risk of harm to police officers who selflessly put themself in harm's way, they should be used with caution and we should definitely not progagate the misconception that they are 100% safe.

[geochelone]

I do think that the logical first step would be to swarm the guy, cuff him and carry him out of there. That being said, all the guy had to do to avoid getting tased was to DO WHAT WAS BEING ASKED OF HIM! The police were more than relaxed up until the guy had been given chance after chance to put something on.

[choiceman]

I don't believe in violence and often feel that cops can act irrationally, however in the case I feel they were clearly in the right. For the guy who was complaining about the "Knee Drops"....they were clearly unsuccessful in subduing the guy after MANY pleas (just put your clothes on and you can have a good time), after 3 (and might I add not exactly small) police offices tried to arrest and after being tased...he clearly was going to continue resisting.
2...the officers are always in danger. They can be cool....and you can clearly here they were, however in a flash things can turn hostile (the guy, the crowd etc) and they are in danger (you could hear the hatred from the dipsticks who clearly had no idea what was going on). As always...blame the cops.

3....as the guy suggested in australia, the cops just left the guy alone and he put his clothes back on and everything was ok. There's the message cops want to leave partiers with. If we ask you to do something....just resist long enough until and we'll give up??

NO! the cops are their for a reason. To make sure people are safe, abide the law, and third, have a good time.

Follow the rules and have fun. If not....well you reap what you sow!!

[heather1234]

That is the smallest thing I have ever seen. I had to put on my glasses. I wonder if he is humiliated at the way he acted since I heard he was drunk. The guy should have been tased. We have laws and they should be obeyed. Poor guy, maybe a plastic surgeon will see this and offer their assistance.

[ejb4501]

For once, I agree with po-po. This tent was the "techno" tent and alternate rave tent. This guy HAD to be on substantial amounts of X or something. That many tases? And he is still struggling? This dude was out-of-control and this was NOT a clothing optional event.

[RIPcommonsense]

He was given plenty of opportunity to comply peacefully. He did not, requiring the officers to take action. He was breaking the law. Talk to the law makers if you disagree with the law.
It amazes me that people believe that lives should be in danger before police can use tasers. The man was resisting all attempts to handcuff him (most likely under the influence and not feeling pain). To get handcuffs on him would have likely required an intense physical struggle, risking injury for both the man and the officers. Even small cuts and abrasions put them at risk for contracting disease from both this individual and other people they have to arrest. Or they can tase him, causing little to no physical damage to both him or themselves.
Tasing is unpleasant, but it is temporary.
If your significant other was an officer, would you want them to get in a brawl EVERY time someone resists arrest, just because some bystanders might feel tasers are barbaric? Would you believe that they should risk their own health (injury and disease) EVERY day trying to use physical force on these individuals.
When these videos come out, why is the questions always 'should the officers have used that method of force?' rather than 'why is that idiot not complying with their requests?'. It is REALLY EASY to avoid getting into an altercation with the police: you do as they ask. The court room is where you can protest your innocence.