Polish Visitor to Vancouver Canada killed by RCMP TASER on the Airport

Are you still whining about that retard what's his name who terrorized the Vancouver International? LOL

I recall from the media footage that the police noted that the immigrant spoke some kind of Eastern European language. I can't ignore the fact that they viewed him as a Slav.

us Polish people find that being called Poles is rude

they should be locked up!

A damning editorial on the murder of Robert Dziekanski.

Proud to be a Canadian? Not so much any more.

Shawn, did you watch highlights of the questioning of one of the mounties by mrs. dziekanski's lawyer yesterday? That was something! I can't find a transcript of it though.

Btw, what's your connection to Poland?

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Not only were none of the officers charged, they were not even placed under suspension, and their fraternal leadership issued an immediate statement backing up the actions of officers. In fact the crown even said that the police used “reasonable force” under the circumstances. Reasonable force, as it turns out, that is becoming less and less reasonable under witness testimony in the Braidwood Inquiry.

The first mistake appears to be the fact that the four officers approached the man without any game plan whatsoever. Without any consultation with local witnesses or on scene security, Constable Gerry Rundel testified “I don’t recall anything being said” before they proceeded to question the man. A witness even told the Constable that Mr.Dziekanski did not speak English, yet the officers have testified they approached him and asked him questions in English without seeking a translator.

We’re also led to believe that four RCMP police officers, supposedly trained in these types of confrontations, felt their safety was in great peril and needed to act immediately by tasering the victim five times within 30 seconds of meeting a man who didn’t speak any English. Four men trained in subduing aggressive criminals did not decide to consult one another, or the eyewitnesses, or back off and try to calm Mr.Dziekanski down. No. They were clearly all of one mind: take Robert Dziekanski down first, and ask questions later. And what was the source of their terribly irrational fear of one single man with a chair being held as a shield in front of him? A stapler, we’re to believe. Four highly trained men were afraid of a single man in an area free of any other bystanders, because he had a “glazed look” in his eye and was holding a stapler.

Trying to deflect the blame for these events is appalling. There is no justification for the way Canada failed Mr. Dziekanski, but we certainly don’t have to continue failing his memory by obfuscating what happened. The sooner we admit that the police can make grievous errors causing death, the sooner we can find a way to mitigate future incidents, and allow his mother to begin healing. An admission of wrong-doing from the RCMP and an apology to Sofia Cisowski is in order.

This was an obvious tragedy and a sickening reminder of how xenophobic and racist the authorities really are. But we always knew this. Canadian history is full of examples of mistreatment of minorities, including of Slavic origins.

something officers in Canada have a history of doing across the country to people of various ethnicities.

it is called racial profiling.

And at times it is necessary.

And at times it is necessary.

I doubt it very much, but we can disagree on that.

it is called racial profiling

I doubt it very much, but we can disagree on that.

In this case, (in my opinion), profiling had nothing to do with it. They would have tazed him whether he was Polish, Norwegian or Nigerian. Gun happy goons, that's all they are.