Topic: Robert Dziekanski

Tasers target most vulnerable: Report

The Province, Canada - 15 days ago
The use of Tasers by Canada's police forces represents "new urban terrorism" that targets society's downtrodden, says a study that looked at more ...

Civilian Oversight Body to Investigate Complaints Against B.C. Mounties, Municipal Cops

Canadian Voices - 269 days ago
After years of public outcry over high-profile cases like the taser death of Robert Dziekanski, the B.C. government has introduced legislation to...

Police face charges in Polish traveler's death

AFP American Edition - 279 days ago
Four police officers face charges of perjury linked to the 2007 case of a Polish migrant who died after being repeatedly stunned with a Taser in an airport confrontation with police.The decision Friday came nearly a year after members of the ...

Perjury Charges Recommended Against All Four Mounties Involved in Dziekanski Affair

Canadian Voices - 280 days ago
Late this afternoon, the Attorney General's Criminal Justice Branch concluded that all four officers involved in the taser death of Polish...

Police probe use of stun gun on boy

AFP American Edition - 305 days ago
Canadian police said Monday they have launched an investigation into a federal police officer's use of a stun gun on an 11-year-old boy during his arrest for an alleged stabbing."As a result of a recent incident in Prince George during ...

Lorne Gunter: Mayerthorpe report won't restore faith in RCMP

Full Comment - 319 days ago
Ed Kaiser / Postmedia News. The Mayerthorpe Fallen Four Memorial.. . I've never fully understood why the massacre of four Mounties in Mayerthorpe...

Chris Selley: We trust the police, but we wish we could trust them more

Posted Toronto - 385 days ago
Comment. . To paraphrase an old saying about atheists and fox holes, there are no police-haters in a city where a madman is wreaking havoc with a...

Lorne Gunter: After months of bad news, a hero helps redeem our police

Full Comment - 386 days ago
I have always had faith in cops, but lately that faith has been shaken. A string of bad-apple incidents involving Canadian police officers — the...

Robert Dziekanski

Mahalo - 452 days ago
Robert Dziekanski , a Polish citizen visiting Canada , was tasered to death at the Vancouver airport after causing a disturbance and throwing a things near airport security on Oct. 14. Video Raises Questions About Taser Death Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski was tasered to ...

CORRECTED: Taser asks Canadian court to quash critical study

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 585 days ago
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Stun gun-maker Taser International Inc. told a judge on Monday its rights were violated by a Canadian inquiry that recommended police restrict the weapon's use because of safety concerns.The inquiry concluded that the weapons, which send a disabling ...