Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Another Taser Gun Incident

I'm sure most of you guys have heard that Andrew Meyer, a University of Florida student, had been tasered at Kerry forum. The student seemed fine after being tasered by the cops.

This time, on October 14th, taser guns had killed a man. At Vancouver International Airport in Canada, Robert Dziekanski, a Polish first time flyer, had waited at least ten hours at the baggage area, waiting for his mother. Because the mother was not able to go into the baggage area, she could not get the words to him that she was here. The surprising thing is that she was told that her son never arrived at the airport when he clearly did. The man then got frustrated and started to throw computers and desks around until the security finally stuns him which led to his death. You can watch to clip of the man getting tasered (VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED) here: VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED

Although this happened in Canada, we can still see the effect of taser guns.


Should there be stricter laws on police forces/securities/etc. using the taser guns, now we know that it can kill a man? Was it necessary for the securities to taser the Polish man? Did the people who informed the mother that his son did not arrive at fault? What should we ultimately do about taser guns?