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Vancouver RCMP Taser, Assault & Kill Polish Man at Vancouver Airport
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| rabbitjoker |
Questions hang over taser death
He spent 10 hours frustrated by airport bureaucracy. Just 24 seconds later, police shot him with tasers
MARK HUME AND SUNNY DHILLON
October 26, 2007 at 3:19 AM EST
VANCOUVER — Dazed and confused after more than 15 hours of travel, unable to communicate in English and scared because he couldn't find his mother, Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski was jolted by a taser just 24 seconds after being confronted by police in Vancouver International Airport.
The radio log does not indicate when police first approached Mr. Dziekanski, just that he was down two minutes after they arrived — and that by 1:32 he had lost consciousness.
CTV reported there was a 12-minute delay before medical help arrived. Mr. Dziekanski died shortly after being tasered — only 10 hours after arriving in the country that was to be his new home.
Asked to describe what he saw on the video, Mr. Kosteckyj replied: "I would describe it as something that will be shown to police academies around North America as not the way to intervene in this kind of situation."
Article above: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv...y/National/home
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/...l/airport_taser
The whole 10 minute video is available at the URL above.
The police said the man attacked them - justifying the taser blast and resulting assault. The video shows a very different story. |
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| chinamon |
| i wonder what it would be like to get tasered.... |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | At a news conference, Ms. Cisowski said she had dreamed of opening a small business in Kamloops with her son. "I've lost my only family," she said. "I studied English during the day and at night I saved money to get my son to Canada."
Mr. Dziekanski arrived with three bags, two of which were filled with geography books. |
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| thesauce23 |
| im getting tired of my peoples being mistreated in canada |
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| jon jon |
| yeah but why did they taser him? how old is he? |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
yeah but why did they taser him? how old is he? |
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he spent 10 hours in the waiting area, started getting agitated and stuff
i think he wasn't well either (mentally) |
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| exstasie |
this happened a few weeks ago right?
or was there Another incident? |
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| Orko |
That was the most rediculous video I have ever seen. Saw it on the news last night.
The taser is supposed to take the place of a gun...don't want to shoot somebody with a bullet, use a taser. There was no reason for the RCMP to have shot the man for any reason. He did not attack them, and was standing with his hands up in the air. They talked to him for a whole 10sec before they taserd him.
He didnt understand them, and they didnt understand him, especially considering they thought he was speaking Russian.
Every officer involved should be chargered to the full extent of the law.
The RCMP spokes person said that we as viewers cannot make a call because we have only seen the video, and we do not have the full story. The video was objective, and showed the entire confrontration. Incredible that they can get away with this. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
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he spent 10 hours in the waiting area, started getting agitated and stuff
i think he wasn't well either (mentally) |
I think just about every person would be a little "off" mentally after the ordeal this man has been through.
I can't for the life of me understand the reasoning used by the RCMP officers that led to this. Incompetent s. I'm disgusted by this story :mad: :mad: :mad: |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
i wonder what it would be like to get tasered.... |
Shocking?
(sorry)
Actually, it sucks. A lot.
Y'know that feeling when you get a cramp in your foot and your toes clinch up...where the muscle seems to 'lock'? It's like that, only it's your whole body.
Never been zapped with the gun-style one, but I've been zapped with a hand unit. It hurts. A lot. |
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| thesauce23 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Every officer involved should be chargered to the full extent of the law. |
Absolutely but come on, its Canada. that Homolka chick killed several people and only served 12 years. what is that? |
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