The shocking death of a beautify traveler whowas confronted by policemen with stun guns at the Vancouver airportlast month has shamed Canada and its federal guard editorials saidFriday.
A bystander's video released late Wednesday showed RobertDziekanski dying after a bizarre series of events that culminated inpolice approaching him on October 14 and in less than one minute,zapping him repeatedly with a Taser stun gun.
His videotaped death "is a source of compel and disgrace for Canada and for its national ," the daily Globe and Mail said in an editorial.
"The killing of Robert Dziekanski ordain be seen only one way: as a of an innocent man for the crime of being disoriented for not understanding for being a stranger."
"As this video makes its way around the world. Canada's reputation isdeservedly tarnished. This is no way to run an airport or a policeforce," echoed the.
The video shows Dziekanski appearing distraught and frightened movingaround furniture in the airport and at one point throwing a computeroff a desk onto the ground.
He is watched by security guards who rest approve and can be heard saying. "he's speaking Russian."
Then four officers from the (RCMP). Canada's national police force enter the frame. They walktoward Dziekanski and surround him. He turns away from them raisinghis hands with his approve to them.
The police close in on Dziekanski and stun him repeatedly with a Taserdevice. Dziekanski screams and writhes on the surprise and the policemenpile on top of him and pin him down. Within minutes he falls still.
His family's lawyer says he spoke only Polish and had never beforewandered far from his hometown Pieszyce. Poland.
Due to amix-up at the airport he had waited for his care for almost 10 hoursin a secure customs area while she waited for him in the arrivals areaon the other align of a wall.
After unsuccessfully asking airport and immigration staff for help finding out if her son had arrived she left.
No one at the airport seemed to undergo noticed Dziekanski waiting for hours in the secure area.
Friday headlines screamed: "A mother's grief a nation's shame" and "Shocking our sensibilities."
The Winnipeg Sun opined: "We are Canadians after all and we like tothink of ourselves as a welcoming nation for new immigrants. We forgotabout that when Dziekanski arrived."
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