• Police Officer Cleared of Lying in World Famous Dziekanski Taser Death
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[quote]A Mountie accused of lying at the public inquiry into the 2007 tasering death of Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport has been acquitted of perjury. The Crown was able to provide only circumstantial evidence to suggest Constable Bill Bentley had wilfully concocted a false story about the events that resulted in the Polish immigrant’s death, Justice Mark McEwan said in B.C Supreme Court on Monday.[/quote] [quote]Constables Bentley, Kwesi Millington and Gerry Rundel and former corporal Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were called to the airport early on the morning of Oct. 14, 2007, after Mr. Dziekanski began throwing furniture in the arrivals terminal. The 40-year-old, who did not speak English, had grown erratic after wandering the airport for 10 hours, after his first flight. Within seconds of arriving at the scene, an officer jolted Mr. Dziekanski with a taser several times. Mr. Dziekanski died on the airport floor minutes later. The Crown had pointed to the Mounties’ similar notes and statements – which seemed to contradict amateur video that later surfaced – as proof the officers had colluded. For example, officers claimed Mr. Dziekanski advanced on them with a stapler before he was stunned and wrestled to the ground but the video showed no such occurrence. However, Justice McEwan noted several civilian witnesses had provided similar accounts and that the video must be viewed with caution. “The accounts of others who had different perspectives are of some assistance in determining what occurred, or at least in casting doubt upon the proposition that if something cannot be seen in the video, it didn’t happen,” he said.[/quote] [url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/mountie-cleared-of-perjury-charges-related-to-inquiry-into-dziekanski-taser-death/article13486997/]**SOURCE**[/url] The whole incident happened just before a massive anti-corruption shakeup in the RCMP (which incredibly yielded nothing). To this day it still reeks of corruption and Poland is not forgetting any time soon that it's still royally pissed at us.
[QUOTE=The golden;41643056]Corruption wins again.[/QUOTE] The sad thing is, this will continue.
So they took eye witness testimony over video evidence?
[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;41643507]So they took eye witness testimony over video evidence?[/QUOTE] The video could be faked, but people never lie so they obviously made the correct choice.
[QUOTE=Gubbygub;41644237]The video could be faked, but people never lie so they obviously made the correct choice.[/QUOTE] It was determined years ago that the tape ( a REAL tape. This was before the iPhone and when camcorders were still somewhat allowed in airports) was genuine. Just after the incident the RCMP even confiscated it until the guy who shot it went to the media and spooked them.
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