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Written by Mike Krachan   

An inquiry into the Taser death of Robert Dziekanski--who was killed by policeTasers kill in Vancouver in October 2007--is now resuming following a three-month delay, according to CBC News.

The delay allowed for the contents of an internal RCMP email to be examined. The document suggested that the four officers involved were in fact planning on using a Taser on Dziekanski,

Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant, died after being shocked multiple times by RCMP police, at Vancouver airport's arrivals lounge. His death sparked the Braidwood inquiry.

The revelation of the November 2007 internal e-mail prompted the lengthy delay in the proceedings in June, and this week's inquiry is set to focus on that e-mail.

 

"The November 2007 email, from RCMP Chief Supt. Dick Bent to assistant commissioner Al McIntyre, suggests that the four Mounties who responded to a call at the airport had discussed, before they arrived, a plan to use a Taser against the Polish immigrant.

The officers testified in the spring that they didn't have a prior plan to use the electrical stun gun on Dziekanski."

"Finally, spoke to Wayne and he indicated that the members did not articulate that they saw the symptoms of excited delirium, but instead had discussed the response en route and decided that if he did not comply that they would go to CEW [Conducted Energy Weapon-the RCMP's name for Tasers]," states the e-mail, referring to Supt. Wayne Rideout, former head of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team investigating the tragedy.

Inquiry commissioner former B.C. Appeal Court Justice, Thomas Braidwood, placed the hearings on hold and scolded the RCMP for failing to disclose the e-mail, after it emerged.

A report released earlier by Braidwood, recommended that the so-called non-lethal stun guns, be limited to single short bursts. He said the use of multiple shocks was unwarranted and potentially deadly, citing the increased medical risks with each burst fired.

Taser International, the company who makes the deadly stun guns, filed a lawsuit in response, and also unveiled their latest product --a multi-shock Taser gun-- a week after Braidwoods recomendations.


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