State of Fear - Polish man Tasered to death in Vancouver airport

by mavie 19 Replies latest jw friends

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  worldtraveller

  As a resident living near to this airport I have expressed outrage and shock that our "protect and serve" RCMP have acted like mafia hit men.

  Please believe that ALL Canadians are upset that cops, and now politicians behave like school bullies. We are supposed to be compassionate people-I am ashamed to be a Canadian. I cannot ask forgiveness for this horrendous deed ( that is up to those involved) but I am truly sorry to the man and especially the surviving family.

  To those promoting these devices. After being hit a few times with voltages of that magnitude (work related) I believe the voltage is about double needed to get someones attention. An arc of that magnitude can actually cook you (at least my finger took over a month to heal). 25 kv is I believe much safer, although I am not an expert.
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  hillary_step

  Forscher,

  where are the feel-good uber liberals when you need them? Oh! I forget, they run Canada.

  You are as predictable as a bowel movement after a Bombay curry.

  HS
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  mamochan13

  What happened to this poor man was criminal, and I believe those RCMP officers should be charged.

  Unfortunately we have a culture of bullying that has apparently infected our police forces, particularly the RCMP, in Canada (although I don't think it's happening only in Canada). This incident is not a lone one. In my city police repeatedly tasered a young man who was drunk and asleep in the back of a car, just because they wanted to wake him up.

  At the same time we've had a couple of high-profile RCMP murders recently. So I don't know if one begets the other - I do believe that when police treat the people they serve (and who pay their salary) with disrespect and in a bullying manner, it leads to people losing respect for the police.
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  Leolaia

  It's a sad truth that the belief that a weapon is "non-lethal" makes it more likely to be used, with violence being more quickly resorted to than its alternative.
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  OUTLAW

  "Bombay Curry"..LOL!!.....Ashamed to be Canadian???..Why?..The police don`t represent all Canadians!..A$$holes with a Badge to Bully people,don`t represent the the Police Force their from!...OUTLAW
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  worldtraveller

  At the risk of sounding pompous, we were supposedly living in a civil nation where compassion is the norm. Our cops are supposed to represent that. The stuff going on here is supposed to happen in 3rd world countries and others not so 3rd world as well. I have been told tonight that Poland is considering pulling their athletes for the 2010 olympics. Our province is heavily relying on tourism which is suffering, and stories like this does not help.

  Shame on Harper and Day if they try to sweep this under the rug.
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  Forscher

  You are as predictable as a bowel movement after a Bombay curry.

  HS

  As are you Hill.

  Forscher
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  Bobbi

  ONce again we are falling prey to mob mentality. When I watch the video a few days ago they showed a visibly upset man stalking around the room with a small table in his hands. We don't know what happened before the video was filmed. We dont' know if he was on drugs or had a mental illness. Imagine the outcry if this poor man attacked and killed someone else. Maybe there could have been a better way to handle the situation. We don't know.
  
  Bobbi
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  Forscher

  I personally believe that Leos should be better trained in some sort of martial art suitable to their trade.

  I also believe that they should be required to keep on being trained in it like some countries require of theirs. I think the lack of such a requirement causes Leo's to over-rely on weapons to get the job done. I've noticed in some videos that even with some of those weapons (the police baton based on the tonfa) many Leos don't even seem to know what they are doing in the first place. That over-reliance on weapons which they do not adequately understand the use of results in some of the tragedies we see displayed on the net and newscasts.

  Forscher
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  nvrgnbk