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RICHMOND - The RCMP's handling of the Taser-related death of a Polish immigrant Sunday seems as mindless as the offensive attempts to whitewash the shooting of Houston mill worker Ian Bush. Mountie spokesman Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre and the rest of the force just don't get it -- they are not a law unto themselves. That the Horsemen are investigating themselves in this situation raises the same concerns that turned the October 2005 death of Bush into a scandal.

From the moment Robert Dziekanski of Pieszyce, Poland, died in the customs area of Vancouver International Airport, Sgt. Lemaitre has been running damage control. Just as he did in the Bush case. Bush died inside the Houston RCMP detachment after he was shot in the head during a scuffle with a Mountie who had arrested him for having an open bottle of beer outside a hockey game. Lemaitre would have us believe that Tasering the distraught Dziekanski was the only way of dealing with the situation.

That's disingenuous. What's worse is that while quickly jumping to the defence of their members, the Mounties treated the Dziekanski family like dirt. How would you like to be told police had found your missing son, but when you arrived to see him, they told you he was dead? That's what the RCMP did to Dziekanski's mother. They were just as insensitive with Bush's mom. Can these guys even spell c-o-m-p-a-s-s-i-o-n?

Meanwhile, the force rushes therapists and lawyers to officers caught up in such incidents because of the trauma. According to Lemaitre, Dziekanski came to the attention of airport security because he was agitated, pounding on windows and throwing around furniture. The three officers Lemaitre said responded couldn't use pepper spray or their batons because there were too many people around.

Sima Ashrafina, a medical lab assistant from North Vancouver, saw it go down differently. First of all, she says there were few people around -- it was 1:30 in the morning. Secondly, she says five officers were present, two of whom Tasered the unarmed man. In her view the response by the RCMP was "too harsh." While Lemaitre says the officers only fired two bursts of the Taser, she says she heard four blasts. Since she's not facing lawsuits or potential charges for causing a death, I can't imagine why she would lie. She was there -- I believe her, a disinterested observer.

svt писал(а):Он в 3.30 прилетел ( самолет опаздал на 2 часа. Итого 5 ч до Франкфурта, оттуда 13 ч до Ванкувера вместо 11и ). Долгое сидение в самолете вообще чревато разными неприятностями для организма, особенно в таком возрасте.

Stanislav писал(а):Самолет не поезд - он в воздухе на 2 часа остановится не может... Так что полету все равно 11 часов

Alusya писал(а):Давайте теперь все кидаться стульями и компами от нежелания стоять в очередях.

echino писал(а):..... кроме как целенаправленного издевательства.

echino писал(а):Никакой причины для этого я не вижу, кроме как целенаправленного издевательства.

Froggy писал(а):

echino писал(а):..... кроме как целенаправленного издевательства.

целенаправленное издевательство? зачем...... вы не знаете тонкости работы иммиграционного офицера. может быть они вас проверяли каким-то образом. ну показались вы ему подозрительным...какой смысл ему над вами издеваться? вопрос второй - почему вы не пожаловались на этого офицера, если вы уверены в издевательстве?