Showing posts with label tasers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tasers. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2007

With age also comes wisdom

First of all I would like to pass on my condolences to Christopher Klim's family. The death of a loved one is never easy to deal with. The circumstances of Christopher's death make it that much harder to understand.

The Canadian Press: Via CTV:

Klim's grandparents Harry and Shirley released a statement saying they appreciate the support and help they've received dealing with their grandson's mental illness over the years.

They say they don't blame anyone for what happened and are thankful no one else was physically harmed in the situation.


Certainly not the "usual" response we are use to hearing this day and age.

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Friday, December 07, 2007

Taser investigation

Any changes that might help people get through an airport with less trouble is a good thing. However, the announcement of the time line(windows media link) of the events that took place at Vancouver International Airport, in regards to Robert Dziekanski death begs more questions than it answers.

Why was Robert Dziekanski sweating profusely?

Why is he so confused as to where to go and what to do?

Why did his mother wait for three and a half hours from his arrival time to seek help in finding him?

Why did Robert Dziekanski not respond to the two pages for him made by the customer service agent at the request of his mother?

After checking with customs, where did his mother go? She had to of known his flight had arrived on time and should have been able to find out if he had indeed arrived on that flight.

Why did he get so agitated and not simply seek out help from anyone in the entire 9 hours he was wandering the airport?

Why would anyone think that destroying property and being aggressive is a good way to get attention or help, if that was his intention, especially in an airport in this day and age?

Why, when confronted by 4 police officers would he reach for a stapler he had in his possession, for some strange reason? The same stapler that inevitably cost him his life, as it was no doubt mistaken for a weapon by the RCMP officer(s).


I still can't rap my head around this incident. None of it makes any sense to me at this point. I want answers, as do most level headed thinkers. That does not include those who have jumped to conclusions and are on the "ban the taser" or the "police are corrupt" band wagon.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Took long enough

RCMP to probe Dziekanski's history in Poland: CTV
Perhaps now we might find out why Dziekanski was on a leave from work for two years prior to coming to Canada. My bet is... it was a medical condition of some kind, which more than likely contributed to his death.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Shocking!

They did it again. They also used pepper spray, their batons and re enforcements to subdue this guy. Guess what? He is still alive. Wonder how that happened? Makes you go hmmmmmmmmmmm don't it.... Maybe some people should wait until we have more answers to the many questions that need to be answered before they jump to conclusions. I am not defending anyone or accusing anyone, nor am I placing blame anywhere. Why... because I/we don't know all of the facts. Watching one video of an incident does not give us all the answers. It only gives us one angle. I don't know about the rest of you, but I view things using a wide angle lens. It tends to give you a larger perspective on whats really going on.

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