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Robert Dziekanski holds a small table at the Vancouver Airport ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:08:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Robert Dziekanski holds a small table at the Vancouver Airport before he was tasered by RCMP in this image from video. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Paul Pritchard/ file

The unexpected disclosure of a key email between senior RCMP ...

(CBC) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:10:08 GMT

(CBC) - The unexpected disclosure of a key email between senior RCMP officers has raised questions about officers' testimony at the Braidwood inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski, resulting in a delay of the probe in Vancouver until September.

A police officer holding a taser gun. New evidence contradicting ...

(AFP) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - A police officer holding a taser gun. New evidence contradicting police testimony derailed a Canadian public inquiry Friday into a Polish migrant's death during a Taser confrontation with officers at Vancouver airport. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

Zofia Cisowski (L), mother of Robert Dziekanski, makes a statement ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Zofia Cisowski (L), mother of Robert Dziekanski, makes a statement as her lawyer Walter Kosteckyi (R) looks on during the Braidwood Commission inquiry into the police use of tasers in Vancouver, British Columbia May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Andy Clark

A police officer holding a taser gun. A police watchdog body ...

(AFP) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - A police officer holding a taser gun. A police watchdog body is investigating a video posted on YouTube of a man being shot twice by officers with a Taser gun as he rolls around the floor in agony, it has said. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

A police officer holding a taser gun during a training session ...

(AFP) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - A police officer holding a taser gun during a training session at the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre in Gravesend in Kent. A police watchdog body is investigating a video posted on YouTube of a man being shot twice by officers with a Taser gun as he rolls around the floor in agony, it has said. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge ...

(CBC) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:45:28 GMT

(CBC) - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge questioning whether a provincial inquiry can find fault against the four RCMP officers involved in Robert Dziekanski's death.

Commissioner Thomas Braidwood. Justice Arne Silverman wants ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:12:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Commissioner Thomas Braidwood. Justice Arne Silverman wants to prevent Braidwood from making findings of misconduct when he writes his final report into Dziekanski's Oct. 2007 death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

As the public inquiry into Robert Dziekanski's 2007 death at ...

(CBC) — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:56:54 GMT

(CBC) - As the public inquiry into Robert Dziekanski's 2007 death at Vancouver airport heard from its last witness Tuesday, the Polish immigrant's mother said she still holds hope that the truth will emerge from the process.

A police officer demonstrates a taser gun in 2007. A public ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - A police officer demonstrates a taser gun in 2007. A public inquiry into the airport death of a Polish migrant who died after being Tasered by police adjourned Tuesday. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

A retired soldier who says RCMP used a Taser on him while he ...

(CBC) — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:22:49 GMT

(CBC) - A retired soldier who says RCMP used a Taser on him while he was handcuffed was in court Tuesday to take on the Mounties.

A police psychologist, who testified four RCMP panicked when ...

(CBC) — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:01:16 GMT

(CBC) - A police psychologist, who testified four RCMP panicked when they stunned Robert Dziekanski with a Taser, defended himself against accusations of bias at the Braidwood inquiry on Wednesday.

Robert Dziekanski would have lived if he hadn't been stunned ...

(CBC) — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:10:04 GMT

(CBC) - Robert Dziekanski would have lived if he hadn't been stunned by a Taser when confronted by RCMP officers at Vancouver airport in 2007, a medical expert in sudden death testified Friday at a public inquiry.

A Brooks, Alta., man is dead after police used a stun gun to ...

(CBC) — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:28:09 GMT

(CBC) - A Brooks, Alta., man is dead after police used a stun gun to subdue him in a residential cul-de-sac, but it's 'unclear whether the device was successfully deployed.'

A senior Mountie who oversaw the investigation into the 2007 ...

(CBC) — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:58:46 GMT

(CBC) - A senior Mountie who oversaw the investigation into the 2007 death of Robert Dziekanski chose not to correct misinformation given out to the public about the RCMP's use of a Taser against the Polish immigrant in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation, a public inquiry heard Wednesday.

The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Robert ...

(CBC) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:15:05 GMT

(CBC) - The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Robert Dziekanski was not told by the Mounties that the Polish immigrant had been stunned by a Taser as many as five times, a public inquiry into his death heard Monday.

Calgary police officers had to use a Taser on a puppy three ...

(CBC) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:32:41 GMT

(CBC) - Calgary police officers had to use a Taser on a puppy three times after it attacked its owners during a walk, sending them to hospital with cuts to their arms and hands.

A taser can be seen on the belt of a police officer. THE CANADIAN ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:23:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A taser can be seen on the belt of a police officer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner William Elliott at ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner William Elliott at a public safety and national security standing committee meeting regarding a taser study on Parliament Hill in Ottawa April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Blair Gable (CANADA POLITICS)

An officer who convened a counselling session for the four Mounties ...

(CBC) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:08:13 GMT

(CBC) - An officer who convened a counselling session for the four Mounties involved in the death of Robert Dziekanski cannot remember details of the meeting, a public inquiry heard Wednesday.

British Columbia's attorney general suggested Monday that criminal ...

(CBC) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:29:55 GMT

(CBC) - British Columbia's attorney general suggested Monday that criminal charges could be laid against the four Mounties involved in the Taser-related death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.