Man dies after Taser shock by police at Vancouver airport

darkbeaver

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Get used to it. The fascist (corporatist) state will hire lesser and lesser individuals for policing duties as that will be required by the shareholders, it is already well advanced.
 
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darkbeaver said:
Get used to it. The fascist (corporatist) state will hire lesser and lesser individuals for policing duties as that will be required by the shareholders, it is already well advanced.
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Will they wear black and have jack boots?
 
Scott Free

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We won't need police in the future; just soldiers to respond to tips people phone in hoping to get a reward so they can afford a glass of water or a little food.
 
lone wolf

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Risus said:
"Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset attempted to explain why the taser was used:
"He refused to comply with the officers and so the officers had to deploy their Tasers in order to subdue him."
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Every cop sticking up for the Church says that. It's tatooed on the inside of their eyelids. You lie and I'll swear to it is official procedure among good ol' boyz.
 
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karrie

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Sorry, don't agree with you... but maybe the cops were black....
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look at the vid again, of Mace lying in his hospital bed. Look at his dad. Sure, they never show his mom, but, that kid looks pretty white.
 
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Yep another police cock up. I don't care who you are or what you are stoned on, broken back and broken heel means you aren't going to be doing much of anything other than screaming in pain. These idiot police are trying to cover their tracks. They walked up to him, assumed the worst and got busy with the tasers.

How long before someone turns up with the video?
 
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I wonder if the cops showed up while he was still on the bridge and tazered him over the edge?
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I've had multiple encounters with 'Roo cops from Hudson to Myrtle Beach since 1972 and they were morons and bullies then(72) and still are now....so doing him over the edge isn't something to wonder about, they did it!
 
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Scott Free said:
We won't need police in the future; just soldiers to respond to tips people phone in hoping to get a reward so they can afford a glass of water or a little food.
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Are we we regressing that quickly?
I think so. Desperation is setting in.
 
Praxius

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Lawsuit filed over Tasering


Silvano Lochner, accompanied by his mother Lina, holds a poster compiled of photographs of his brother George Lochner in Toronto on Monday. The family is suing Toronto police for more than $9 million over the force’s handling of an August 2006 incident.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1083484.html

TORONTO — The case of a mentally disabled man allegedly zapped with a Taser when Toronto police burst into his bedroom highlights the need for an ongoing national debate on the use of the stun guns, a prominent lawyer said Tuesday.

The family of George Lochner is suing the police for more than $9 million, claiming the man was beaten and zapped with a Taser in August 2006 when officers entered the family home looking for his brother, Silvano, who was wanted for threatening a neighbour.

Armed with a warrant, police were searching for Silvano when they came across George, who has the mental capacity of a 10-year-old and was sleeping at the time.

The sequence of events is unclear.

George, 43, has difficulty explaining what happened and the police force’s statement of defence does not contain many details of the encounter. The family’s lawyer, Clayton Ruby, says photographs of Lochner’s body taken one day after the incident show he was zapped with a Taser in five places.

"Tasering someone on at least five separate occasions is inhumane and wrong. Just wrong," Ruby said.

"He’s an unarmed man in his own bed."

The pictures, displayed at a news conference Tuesday, show marks that resemble two side-by-side cigarette burns on various parts of Lochner’s body. He was also photographed with a black eye.

Ruby says the officers used "abusive and unnecessary force" with the five-foot-10, 220-pound Lochner.

"I can see how George might seem menacing to somebody. He’s large . . . and he speaks in a peculiar way," Ruby said.

The allegations have not been proven in court.

Although the Toronto force is the focus of the lawsuit, Ruby said the case has national implications.

"I think it’s very important that there continue to be an ongoing debate about the wisdom of this technique. This is just one little piece of that debate, in my view," he said.

More than 20 people have died in Canada after being hit with Tasers, which can deliver a shock of up to 50,000 volts.

The company points out the devices have never been directly blamed for a death.

In a statement of defence, police say Lochner tried to attack them. The document states officers encountered the man in a bedroom and told him not to move, but he "immediately tried to attack members of the team and eventually he was subdued."

The statement also says Silvano had "become increasingly violent and aggressive towards police and others."

"It is our very firm belief that our officers acted reasonably and responsibly given what they were faced with," said police spokesman Mark Pugash, who declined to discuss the details of the case.
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I'll let you guys start this one before I shoot my opinion out there..... but the photos pretty well explain the situation if you ask me.
 
Risus

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A couple of things,this family has always had it out for the police. Second, the guy was uncontrolable, and was making a life threatening move on the police. They had every right to use the taser to defend themselves. Better than being shot, I would say...
 
Ron in Regina

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Lawsuit filed over Tasering

Risus said:
A couple of things,this family has always had it out for the police. Second, the guy was uncontrolable, and was making a life threatening move on the police. They had every right to use the taser to defend themselves. Better than being shot, I would say...
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Please forgive my ignorance as I'm not familiar with this story aside from this thread, but what
threatening move can a man in his own bed make to warrant being Tasered five times. It sort of
reminds me of the justification of the two yokels on SouthPark yelling, "He's coming right for us!"
The Tasered man was in bed when this happened, wasn't he? The pictures show the Taser prong
marks on the back of his left arm and on his back...so if he was in bed...he must have been face
down? You must know more about this story than is mentioned in the thread. What's the story?
 
Risus

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Ron in Regina said:
Please forgive my ignorance as I'm not familiar with this story aside from this thread, but what
threatening move can a man in his own bed make to warrant being Tasered five times. It sort of
reminds me of the justification of the two yokels on SouthPark yelling, "He's coming right for us!"
The Tasered man was in bed when this happened, wasn't he? The pictures show the Taser prong
marks on the back of his left arm and on his back...so if he was in bed...he must have been face
down? You must know more about this story than is mentioned in the thread. What's the story?
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From what I've heard, he was out of control and lunging at the officers when it happened.
 
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