Hard on the heels of this post, about the repeated tasering of an 86-year-old woman — on oxygen, in her bed — by ten police officers . . . (still letting that one sink in) . . .
Comes this timely report of a legal crack in lie that tasers don't kill. From the Vancouver Sun (h/t Hue-man in the comments; my emphasis):
VANCOUVER — The company that makes Tasers has lost its legal bid to quash a high-profile report that found the weapons can kill.Dziekanski's "crime"? He was immigrating to live his mother, and after a 20-hour flight was held up 11 hours at Vancouver International. He couldn't contact his mother, who was waiting elsewhere, and after "a brief confrontation with the RCMP officers, he was repeatedly Tasered and died." The killing occurred in 2007. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass apologized in 2010 to Mrs Kziekanski.
The British Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge by Taser International to overturn results of the inquiry into the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.
The company was trying to quash retired justice Thomas Braidwood’s findings that the weapons increase the risk of fatal heart failure.
Dziekanski, 40, died on Oct. 14, 2007, at Vancouver International Airport after being Tasered five times by four RCMP officers responding to a 911 call.
In case you didn't know, the RCMP are the Mounties. Time to revise that sparkly-toothed image of them?
There's so much more to say on this subject, and Digby says much of it all by herself. Here's me:
- Tasers kill.
Sadistic cops love using them.
As long as taser death is kept low-key, the abuse will continue.
GP
