Man killed with taser at Vancouver airport

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Video footage has been released in Canada showing the last moments of an immigrant who died after being stunned with a Taser by police.
Robert Dziekanski, 40, of Pieszyce, Poland, was restrained by police after becoming agitated at Vancouver International Airport on 14 October.

Mr Dziekanski, who spoke no English, was declared dead at the scene by an emergency medical team.

The incident is being investigated by police, the airport and the coroner.


Police spokesman Cpl Dale Carr said the video was just one piece of evidence, and urged people to wait for the results of the inquest.

Mr Dziekanski, a construction worker, was emigrating to Canada to join his mother, who lived in the western province of British Columbia.

The incident has prompted a debate about the use of Taser stun guns by police in Canada.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation says up to 18 people have died after being stunned by a Taser in Canada since 2003.

Screams

The video was shot by Canadian traveller Paul Pritchard and handed over to police, and has only just been returned to him.

It starts before the police arrive, with Mr Dziekanski seen through a glass wall in a customs area. He appears agitated, sweating and breathing heavily. Airport security officials and passengers watch from the other side.

Having landed 10 hours earlier, he is seen pacing back and forth through an automatic door, standing briefly in the doorway with a small folding table, and then later with a chair.

At one point, he takes what looks like a laptop computer off a counter and throws it to the ground, and then throws the small table against the glass wall.

Four policemen then walk into view. They walk through the glass doors towards Mr Dziekanski, who turns his back on them. Witnesses say he appeared to pick up a stapler.

Seconds later, Mr Dziekanski is stunned by a Taser and falls down screaming and convulsing.

He is stunned a second time, and then the police officers restrain him on the floor. Mr Dziekanski's screams die down, and he is seen lying still.

A voice is heard saying "code red", which is code for a medical emergency.

An autopsy found no sign of drugs or alcohol in Mr Dziekanski's system, and failed to pinpoint the cause of death.

Airport mix-up

Walter Kosteckyj, the victim's family lawyer, said Mr Dziekanski's mother had seen portions of the video and had approved its release to the public.

"She had a son in distress, he was looking for help, he was frightened, and he didn't get that help," Mr Kosteckyj said.

He said he was disturbed by the video because Mr Dziekanski was not violent.

"I was expecting to see a confrontation, a discussion and things go sideways, then the tasering... That's not what you see," he said.

Mr Dziekanski, who had not flown before, had boarded a plane a day earlier in Germany, and arranged to meet his mother at the baggage carousel in the international terminal.

Neither of them knew the baggage carousel was inside a secure area, with no view of the public arrivals hall area, except for a short distance through sliding glass doors, Mr Kosteckyj said.

No airport, customs or security employees at the airport apparently tried to help either of them, he added.

Eventually Mr Dziekanski emerged into the public area, but his mother had left after six hours and Mr Dziekanski apparently panicked, the lawyer said.
 
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should just use mace
 
i saw the youtube video just a few minutes ago.

Do they realize that when you get tazed, your whole body is just shaken up. you cant respond to threats of "get your hands behind your back". yourewhole body is probably just stunned and muscles messing up. then for them to continue to do that since he isnt complying makes it all the worst.

when you get tazed, youre first reaction is to cover your hands or just move them around since there is some pain. How can you put your hands behind your backwhile being tazed. the forces counteract one another and youre basically tazing non stop.
 
another taser incident, terrible.. RIP
im from vancouver, and have traveled through the vancouver international airport numerous of times. nothing ever tragic has happened, this is a first.unfortunate nonetheless
 
i saw the clip on the news, dude was throwing chairs and all sorts of wreck less acts...he should have been shot. you cant #%$@ around in an airport
 
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i saw the clip on the news, dude was throwing chairs and all sorts of wreck less acts...he should have been shot. you cant #%$@ around in an airport
word i feel bad he got killed, but at the same time can't be wildin out in an airport of all places, that's just asking for it
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation says up to 18 people have died after being stunned by a Taser in Canada since 2003.

Wtf? They haven't learned after each time it has happened?
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Dude was throwing computers and stuff because he was stuck in the airport for like 9 hours after landing in Canada. His mom had waited in the airport for 6hours and kept asking the airport employees to help find her son but they told her he hadn't arrived and sent her home.

The sad thing is nothing is going to happen to the cops who did this. The investigation will just find that they acted appropriately and according toprocedure
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smh...but if a dude is wilin out like that you can't just stand there without doing anything tho...they should result to other options before doing that
 
what about the bean bag gun method. Shoot him with pellets or rubber balls. subdue him and get it straigtened out. I can just imagine that happening in othercountries. the language and cultural barriors are huge.
 
I'm from Vancouver and this story is getting A LOT of coverage in the local media. It's pretty crazy that they released the video. The police acted ina disgraceful manner...
 
The local Vancouver Police and the R.C.M.P here act like cowboys with no rules. They are constantly over reacting in situations, this isn't the first timethey have killed someone for the "Safety of the public". I hope these**$!$@ go to jail and get whats comming to them in jail. Eff Vancouver Police.
 
Shocking...(sry)...whatever made people think that sending thousands of volts of electricity through a person is an effective means 2 calm them down?You're going to have a hard time complying with anything while being electrocuted...
 
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