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Man dies after being Tasered
by police at Vancouver airport
CBC
News
Monday October 15, 2007
man in his 40s died
early Sunday morning after RCMP jolted him with a Taser at the
Vancouver International Airport, police said.
Airport security called the Mounties for assistance after an
unidentified man began pounding on windows and throwing chairs
and computer equipment in the customs area shortly after arriving
on an international flight at 1:30 a.m., Richmond RCMP Sgt. Pierre
Lemaitre told CBC News.
"We arrived and tried to calm the man," Lemaitre said.
"We tried through gestures to get him to put his hands down
on the desk … to no avail." When he ignored orders
to calm down, police used a stun gun on the man.
The man dropped to the floor and police said it took three officers
to handcuff him. He then lost consciousness and appeared to go
into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at the airport, the
CBC's Chris Brown reported.
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Few other details have been disclosed other than the man spoke
an Eastern European language and a flight from Poland touched
down about an hour before the incident, Brown said.
Taser devices are controversial because of the dozen North American
deaths resulting from their use. There has been debate about how
safe these devices are when dealing with certain kinds of people
who are delirious or wound up, Brown said.
Police are investigating and a toxicology report will be done
to determine whether there were drugs in the man's system. They
will be interviewing customs officers and flight attendants, Brown
reported.
International arrivals were rerouted but there were no delays
in flight schedules.
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