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World News // 1 decade ago

RCMP officers blamed for Taser death

An investigator says four Canadian police officers are responsible for the death of a Polish immigrant stunned with a Taser at the Vancouver airport.

World News // 1 decade ago

RCMP gets restrictions on stun gun use

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Tuesday announced new restrictions on the use of stun guns following the death of a Polish immigrant.

World News // 1 decade ago

Mounties apologize, pay for stun gun death

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police formally apologized Thursday to the mother of a man who died after being shot five times with a stun gun in British Columbia.

World News // 1 decade ago

Mounties said too hasty in stun gun death

Royal Canadian Mounted Police use of a stun gun on a man who died at the Vancouver airport in 2007 was "premature and inappropriate," a commission said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Stun-gun inquiry costs at $3.7 million

An investigation into the stun-gun death of a Polish immigrant at Vancouver International Airport has cost taxpayers $3.7 million, officials said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Polish mother to reopen sons death case

The mother of a Pole reportedly killed by Vancouver police wants to open the case in Poland after Canadian courts acquitted the officers, a lawyer said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Mounties to testify in Taser death inquiry

An inquiry into the Taser-associated death of an immigrant in Vancouver will include testimony from four Canadian Mounties, a lawyer for the probe said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Report: Cops broke rules in Taser death

Police officers involved in the Taser death of a man at the Vancouver airport appear to have violated recommendations in a 2005 report.

Robert Dziekański (April 15, 1967 – October 14, 2007; Polish pronunciation: ) was a Polish immigrant to Canada who died on October 14, 2007, after being tasered five times by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) at Vancouver International Airport.

Full details of the incident came to light because it was filmed by a member of the public, Paul Pritchard. The police initially took possession of the video, refusing to return it to Pritchard. Pritchard went to court to obtain it, then released it to the press.

The final inquiry report released Friday June 18, 2010 concluded the RCMP were not justified in using a Taser against the Polish immigrant and that the officers later deliberately misrepresented their actions to investigators.

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