Mission Statement - De-Spinning the Pro-Taser Propaganda

Yeah right, 'Excited Delirium' my ass...

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The primary purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for my observations and analysis about tasers, taser "associated" deaths, and the behaviour exhibited by the management, employees and minions of Taser International. In general, everything is linked back to external sources, often via previous posts on the same topic, so that readers can fact-check to their heart's content. This blog was started in late-2007 when Canadians were enraged by the taser death of Robert Dziekanski and four others in a short three month period. The cocky attitude exhibited by the Taser International spokespuppet, and his preposterous proposal that Mr. Dziekanski coincidentally died of "excited delirium" at the time of his taser-death, led me to choose the blog name I did and provides my motivation. I have zero financial ties to this issue.



Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Correction: Police make no recommendations about charges

Corrected - Police investigators have made no recommendation about charges that might be laid against any police officers in the death of Robert Dziekanski in a taser incident at Vancouver International Airport on 14 October 2007.

Globe and Mail [LINK]
CBC News [LINK]

Further details:

...Cpl. Dale Carr, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (I-HIT) that reviewed the incident, said they left the decision of whether to charge any of the four officers involved up to the Crown. "In this particular case, as happens quite frequently, I-HIT didn't make a request for specific charges," Carr said. "We simply forwarded the facts and the evidence to Crown counsel for them to review and determine if there should be charges." ... [LINK]

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