Robert Dziekański

I would say that most people in Canada are aware of the killing of Robert Dziekański by four RCMP officers. Dziekański had flown to Canada to visit his mother in October of 2007. His flight was 2 hours late, arriving at 3:15pm in Vancouver, and the baggage claim area where his mother told him to wait for her was actually a restricted area, so she was unable to meet him there. After a while it seems she went back home to Kamloops believing her son to have missed his flight; she even asked airport staff where he was, and they told her he was not in the airport.

All told, Robert, who could speak no English, was in the airport for 9 hours, and near the end was becoming extremely agitated, throwing chairs and computers around. Finally the RCMP arrived - what ensued was caught on video (it is somewhat disturbing):

Why an interpreter was not brought in, and why nothing was ever explained to Robert is on the Vancouver International Airport, but his death falls squarely on those four officers. I don't understand how you could watch that video and not see what amounts to clear manslaughter. In fact, recently the coroners ruled it a homicide, so there's that in addition to the findings of perjury and attempts to misrepresent the facts by the RCMP.

From what I can tell the four were charged with perjury but have yet to be tried, and to be honest I'm not optimistic that they will even be convicted for that.

I find the whole thing disgusting.

http://www.rcmpwatch.com/category/robert-dziekanski/