[news] "Right Away They Tasered Him": Civil Liberties Group Calls for Banning of Tasers (Two Articles)

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Paul Pritchard...was on his way home to Victoria when he happened to witness an RCMP officer shoot **[Robert] Dziekanski** with a Taser gun at Vancouver International Airport on Oct. 13...Pritchard...said police appeared to have made the decision to Taser before they even got near the man to assess the situation...Although [Dziekanski] was clearly distressed and behaving strangely by picking up random items, "none of us felt threatened at any time. This was a man who was definitely confused. We weren't scared -- women were going right up to him" [said Pritchard].

  


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