Vancouver Airport Taser Killing of Dziekanski by Police

[Purplerugmuncher]

Well theres nothing like an international incident - Thanks to The RCMP, all of us Vancouverites get to look like ass-holes to the rest of the world - and just in time for the 2010 Olympics too. I feel embarrassed to travel because of it and I hope that people dont harbor negative feelings and ill-will towards all people from Vancouver, because of the incident. This whole thing has had a lot of people talking all around the world - and everyone in entitled to their opinion too.

[marxous]

Thanks for the Post bro, people need to be outspoken about this incident. I've posted my own video, i strongly agree with your perspectives, please check it out.

Peayce and love.

[markbeermonster]

He didn't get him with the batton, Its a telescopic jobbie.. he was closing it.

I agree it was completly over the top.

I work in the security industry.

2 men can subdue this man without any tools only training. these "police officers" do not have any training what so ever.

[OGIGA]

One more thing to mention is that the last thing he experienced right before his life ended was (likely) the greatest pain he ever felt.

[Barry316]

Great vid, not a truer word could be spoken about the incident.

[VianahNaman]

"TASERS are a form of torture that can kill", a UN committee declared. "The use of these weapons causes acute pain, constituting a form of torture", the UN's Committee against Torture said. "In certain cases, they can even cause death". Three men, all in their early 20s...died in the United States this week, after a Polish man had died at Vancouver airport from a taser-involved incident by RCMP.

[MartinCdn]

Your talking about the 6'9" guy who took something off the counter and was threatening the police with it?

[moonlitsea]

This story shocked,I can't get it out of my mind,even when sleeping at night.I feel desperate thinking of what this poor man went through and how he lost his life.I watched the first few min. of the video and I saw the man in distress, he did not seem to be a direct threat to anyone. He was already suffernig. Sadly,no amount of grief and outrage will bing the man back..Probably words cannot describe what his mothers is feeling..

[KingoftheSize]

you are right weezie63 bro

[FarmerDude81]

you are mistaken about the baton, the officer is trying to collapse the baton on the floor. It is a telescoping baton. I think the airport authorities are the real problem, the RCMP shouldn't have even had to go there if the airport authorities were doing their jobs properly.

[grahamcoles1966]

can you imagine the outcry from the canadian

goverment if this was the other way round

[06151215]

Not too many Canadian are going to feel very sorry for the next cop that goes in the line of duty. In fact, this points out why officers have died in the line of duty. There WILL be a riot if the guilty parties are not given the maximum penalty any other murderer would get. Stockwell Day, take your officers' toys away, We do not want them used in Canada and nothing you say or do will convince anyone they are NON-LETHAL to anyone but police.

[MysTerrier]

When are police supposed to read a suspect his rights? Before or after he is dead? Somehow, Stockwell Day correct me if I am wrong, but aren't police supposed to read a suspect his rights, so that he knows what police are doing to him and why to give him a chance to cooperate with them or even to know he is under arrest? Clapham am I wrong?

[thosantos88]

you are right, and if that person does NOT understand that language, he has the right that his rights will be read in his own language. It is very strange for an airport NOT to have the knowledge of doing that correctly. THIS IS A ABUSE FROM THE OFFICERS. I hope, sorry for this inhuman comment, THAT THEY WILL SUFFER (in hell perhaps)

[SerenityFair]

This is a freaking outrage. Whats going to get done about it??? Probably nothing. Fluckers. Murderers. Thanks for speaking out Weezie......... xoxox

[dustiesheets]

Are they saying the actual tasing is what killed him?

[wiarus15]

RCMP maybe are good against terrorists (I guess, but I'm not sure), but they are surely dangerous for regular people. And... why they are incapable to use any of martial art? Who trained them? They shoot from cannon to house-fly. They are really amateurs if they misjudge situation. Simple brainwashed people.

[kayakw78]

when RCMP goes to MR Dziekanski, he spoke 'POLICJA, POLICJA !!" it mean " help help" I think Mr Dziakanski was happy, satisfiet when he saw POLICE. 10 H on airport. he was lost, terrified, exhausted

[weezie63]

thank you

[eyeofnewt112]

this a tragedy of the worst kind.  Find out what the problem IS..HELP him. how sad that in the end, four idiot rcmp officers were the last things this man sees on this side of life. Is public outcry enough to warrent an honest investigation?

[txnrobin]

we have no idea what was going on with this man. according to the info box, he was lost between checkpoints for 7 hours. he may have needed medication, food/thirsty, he was certainly frustrated. i saw one of the officers on the vid strike (i thought) the man's head 4 times in a row with his baton (in a butting fashion) while the guy was on the ground. that part seemed more lethal than the tasing, but i don't know. tragic.

[thumperton]

i live in vancouver and this is big news here. they killed a man in cold blood. i really feel for his mother.

[anmoose]

It's inexcuseable. As you said, FOUR fully armed, trained, in-shape police should be able to subdue ONE totally exhaused man in SECONDS. Instead, they killed him. I do hope they get the book thrown at them. AFAIC, they should be charged with murder.

Moosie

[JoleneSugarbaker]

I understand that CVS pharmacy has a telephone service that they pick up the phone and hand it to the customer,and they can translate all these languages...

It's mostly for Pharmacy use..

But, if it's so simple for them..

Why hasn't the airport got it?

Or even Babelfish internet print-outs!

Ugh!

Love,

Jolene Sugarbaker

The Trailer Park Queen

[Pippilly]

I watched it.. He had no chance without an interpreter.. this def warrants an ivestigation and it's not in their favor. Very sad!

[MyRealityBytes]

I agree. This should NOT have happened. Most people in positions of authority are not willing to go the least bit out of their way to help anyone. I mean, who knows - the man may have become agitated because he missed a dose of medication or something. If I were lost in a foreign country, did not speak their language, stood somewhere for hours and no one made a effort to help me - I would be most agitated and panicky.

[AnnyaMoon]

Thier taken this taser power too far, are they not being informed they can kill?? Shouldnt use them unless its life or death situation not just zap someone to death who is being rowdy.

[moridos]

i've been hit with the Taser twice, and i can tell you "ITS NOT A TOY" and in the hands of the wrong people can be dangerous. this is a clear example of missuse and irresponsibility. this upsets me and will pray for him and his family.

[Tinkerlove13]

This make me sick!

These cops are getting off on these Tasers!

Someone needs to tase their asses!

[popparoc46]

That taser killing in Vancouver disgusts and saddens me so much. I couldn't even watch the video when they played it on the news a couple of days ago. It breaks my heart.  I hope the inquiry makes some solid changes to our 'security'. Welcome to Canada, huh. You're right: these four RCMP officers could have subdued him and right now he'd be with his mom. - roc

[pinklantana]

The whole thing is sad.

[Pippilly]

This sounds appauling. I'm going to watch the video even though I don't want to coz this stuff pisses me off, when they had so much time to get an interpretor.