http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=936_1195094875
I saw this last night and was sickened by their actions. The RCMP bypassed all the options they are required to try before use of a taser. The taser is only supposed to be used in place of their firearm.
This should cost them at least their careers.
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When news first broke about the incident at the airport, police said the man they encountered was out of control.
Though agitated, in the video, Dziekanski responds to bystanders and security by putting down furniture or calmly standing still.
Police also said even after he was zapped once, he remained combative.
But the video shows that after the first shot, Dziekanski fell to the ground and was writhing in agony.
On the continuum of force used by police officers in confronting an individual, the Taser is supposed to come right before lethal force, according to a recent interview with the chair of the complaints commission.
Procedure dictates other steps like physical restraint, use of the baton and pepper spray are supposed to come first.
None of that happened.
"The officers clearly observed something that caused them to intervene in the manner they did," Carr said Wednesday.
From the time the officers encounter Dziekanski to the first Taser shot, 30 seconds elapses.
Police earlier said the spray was not an option because of the people in the area - but Dziekanski and police were behind glass doors in an apparently empty section of the airport.
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