Originally posted by goosdawg
Fair enough..
Note: All words in bold in the following quotes are by my emphasis.
Police have said repeatedly that there were only three RCMP officers involved in the incident, but the video shows four men in RCMP uniforms.Source | CBCNews.ca | Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival
So was it three cops present, as the cops officially insist, or the four that we can actually see on the video?
Right now we're getting somewhere...as for this well as I said before.....I aint going to defend thier actions but could it be a simple numbering issue?
About 25 seconds after police enter the secure area where he is, there is a loud crack that sounds like a Taser shot, followed by Dziekanski screaming and convulsing as he stumbles and falls to the floor.Source | CBCNews.ca | Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival
Another loud crack can be heard as an officer appears to fire one more Taser shot into Dziekanski.
As the officers kneel on top of Dziekanski and handcuff him, he continues to scream and convulse on the floor.
One officer is heard to say, "Hit him again. Hit him again," and there is another loud cracking sound.
Police have said only two Taser shots were fired, but a witness said she heard up to four Taser shots.
So is it only the two cracks, as the cops insist, four as the witness described, or the three "loud cracks" that we can hear on the video?
Allow me to point out the third shot occurs as they're kneeling on him and putting him in handcuffs!
This is questionable. I watched the tape, the only place a third shock could have occured is when he is going down directly after the second shock. But I wasnt there so as I said before I suggest waiting for the facts to emerge before gathering your pitchforks.
Paul Pritchard shot the video with his digital camera, but afterward he surrendered it to police for their investigation on a promise that they would return it within 48 hours.Source | CBCNews.ca | Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival
The next day, police told Pritchard they would not be returning the recording as promised.
48 hours was not enough time to examine the video and interview witnesses, apparently, so they held onto it for a month, not releasing it back to it's rightful owner until threatened with legal action.
No idea why or what possible reasons, as I said before: NOT DEFENDING THEM , I am asking questions. Remember that images are reviewed for DAYS to get all the facts.
RCMP officers have also said police did not use pepper spray because of the large number of people at the airport at the time. But the video shows Dziekanski standing alone with the four officers in an otherwise empty area, which is separated from the public area by a thick glass wall.Source | CBCNews.ca | Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival
And these are just the lies we've been made aware of by independent sources, and/or can actually observe on the video.
Well actually at the start he's standing outside the doorway, then he goes inside....just a note but I understand what you mean.
RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dale Carr said no one can judge what happened to Dziekanski by just watching the video.Source | CBCNews.ca | Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival
Well, we can judge what we can see and hear on the video, as opposed to what the cops say happened, no?
"It's just one piece of evidence, one person's view. There are many people that we have spoken to," RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dale Carr said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.Source | CBCNews.ca | Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival
"What I urge is that those watching the video, take note of that. Put what they've seen aside for the time being. And wait to hear the totality of the evidence at the time of the inquest," Carr said.
Now that the video's been released, the whole world can view this "one person's view," and determine for themselves whether they can see what the cops say we should see.
Well no offence but its "one persons opinion" that can be hyped up by the news to be "the truth". God knows how many innocent people are convicted of capital crimes and punished on not knowing the facts.
And as far as the inquest goes, I think we'll be better off waiting for the totality of all four investigations is complete, before trusting the word of the cops on this one:
The RCMP's integrated homicide investigation team, the B.C. coroner's service, the Vancouver International Airport Authority and the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP are each conducting their own investigations into the incident.Source | CBCNews.ca | Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival
devilwasp, I think I understand where you're coming from, and I hope this will help you understand what I'm "on about."
Well mate if the canadian cops are anything like british cops then the truth will come out , but if you want to believe it or not thats up to you. All I can say is....if you want mob rule.....go create a complete communist state....
I wish i didn't watch that video. Now the image of that man shaking on the
floor is gonna hunt me for a long time. Does a human being's life has a price?
