remembering robert dziekanski

nov 24th -- as hundreds of people gathered in canadian cities, to mourn the murder of robert dziekanski who was tasered at vancouver's international airport, police were announcing (and excusing) another death-by-taser - this one a man named robert knipstrom, 36, who was pepper sprayed and hit with a baton in addition to being tasered in chilliwack bc. what are the names of other police victims? the death of robert dziekanski is an international incident. the death of robert knipstrom is known within canada. who else has been murdered in this way? how many of them homeless, nameless, known only within the street community, easily disappeared? please consider signing this petition, to ban the use of tasers: http://www.petitiononline.com/notasers/petition.html

an hour's worth of audio, from the rally, is available in the podcast section of http://relativenewz.ca.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• robert
• dziekanski
• vancouver
• airport
• taser
• civil
• rights
• news
• police
• brutality
• rcmp
• paul
• pritchard

[Shukria123]

Never forget APEC 1997 - the RCMP took away our civil liberties.

[Shukria123]

Never forget APEC 1997 - the RCMP took away our civil liberties.

[Draziom203]

canadian government is psychiatry.

[Apolloin]

Oh, and I'll worry about being the RCMP's 'next victim' when I start hucking chairs at Mounties and not before.

[Apolloin]

Be grateful for the taser - before the adoption of it, the cops would have had to have shot him.

[ruzzzzz]

This Tasering is an outrage. Call Oprah!

[nickisgreek]

TASER IS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS

TASER IS LEGAL TORTURE

AMERICAN COPS ARE LOW DEVELOPED

I'm so happy not to live in that brainwashed America. Cops like them make the world pointin at America - POOR AMERICA

[livelovemorda]

did you ever ask yourself why one wants to be a cop... a need for POWER... remember that, that the cops are out to kill to protect themself's but not you... remember that you may be the next victim of that rcpp..

[jess1541]

I hate cops just for that...

[jess1541]

I hate cops just for that...