Mine de rien, les Tasers continuent de tuer régulièrement. S'il s'agissait de fusils conventionnels, il n'y a pas de doute qu'il y aurait scandale et on demanderait à ce que des enquêtes officielles soient ouvertes, mais étant donné que l'on tue avec des fusils à décharge électrique, tous semble invisible. La GRC a admis avoir menti dans le cas de Robert Dziekanski, le Polonais qui fut descendu avec cinq coups de Taser à l'aéroport international de Vancouver.

Les agents de la GRC ne pouvait pas expliquer leur conduite choquante alors ils quatre d'entre eux ont simplement fabriqué une histoire pour les absoudre. Ce qu'ils ne savaient pas, c'est que des gens avaient filmé l'incident!

Vous trouverez une liste des victimes au Canada et aux États-Unis qui ont perdu la vie suite à l'électrocution par Taser. Une série d'articles attestent aussi de la gravité de la situation. N'oublions pas que même l'ONU a classé les Tasers comme arme de torture.

Mounties accused of 'cooking up' story:
Four Mounties "collaborated to fabricate" their story to justify their conduct when Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died while in their custody, a lawyer told a public inquiry yesterday.

RCMP apologize for misleading public on airport death:
A senior RCMP officer issued a surprise apology Tuesday after a former Mountie spokesman said that he provided inaccurate information about the death of a Polish immigrant at the Vancouver International Airport.
Robert Dziekanski died in October 2007 after being Tasered five times by RCMPofficers.

A web site that keeps track of Taser-related deaths:
http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/ /


Taser Deaths in Canada:
See also the CBC's new database: Taser-related deaths in Canada, 2003-present

1. Terry Hanna, 51 –
Burnaby, BC - April 19, 2003 - RCMP - X26

2. Clayton Willey, 33 –
Prince George, BC - July 22, 2003 - RCMP - X26 - "Official" cause of death: drug overdose

3. Clark Whitehouse, 34 –
Whitehorse, YK - September 2003 - RCMP - X26

4. Ronald Perry, 28 –
Edmonton, AB - March 23, 2004 - X26

5. Roman Andreichikov, 25 –
Vancouver, BC - May 1, 2004 - X26

6. Peter Lamonday, 33 –
London, ON - May 13, 2004 - X26

7. Robert Bagnell, 44 –
Vancouver, BC - June 23, 2004 - X26 - "Official" cause of death: "restraint-associated cardiac arrest" due to acute cocaine intoxication and psychosis

8. Jerry Knight, 29 –
Mississauga, ON - July 17, 2004 - X26 - "Official" cause of death: “restraint asphyxia” with cocaine-related excited delirium

9. Samuel Truscott, 43 –
Kingston, ON - August 8, 2004 - X26 - "Official" cause of death: drug overdose (Coroner Jim Cairns)

10. Kevin Geldart, 34 –
Moncton, NB - May 5, 2005 - RCMP - "Official" cause of death: excited delirium with contributing factors including repeated shocks with a taser and pepper spray

11. Gurmeet Sandhu, 41 –
Surrey, BC - June 30, 2005 - RCMP

12. James Foldi, 39 –
Beamsville, ON - July 1, 2005 - Niagara Regional Police, X26 - tasered 12 times

13. Paul Saulnier, 42 –
Digby, NS - July 15, 2005 - RCMP - tasered 1 time with dart, multiple times with touch stun - "Official" cause of death: heart attack brought on by excited delirium, linked to his paranoid schizophrenia (Medical Examiner Dr. Matthew Bowes) (Ontario Coroner Jim Cairns reviewed the case and concluded that the taser played no role in Saulnier's death)

14. Alesandro Fiacco, 33 –
Edmonton, AB - December 24, 2005 - tasered 3 times - "Official" cause of death: "acute cocaine toxicity," and "a complete lack of evidence" the Taser contributed to his death (Coroner Dr. Graham Dowling)

15. Jason Doan, 28 –
Red Deer, AB - August 30, 2006 - RCMP - tasered 3 times in 38 seconds - "Official" cause of death: excited delirium, heart failure and undetermined causes

?? James Barber, 25,
Ottawa, ON - January 2007

16. Claudio Castagnetta, 32 -
Quebec City, QC - September 20, 2007 - tasered 5 times - "Official" cause of death: accidental severe cerebral edema (Coroner Dr. Jean Brochu)

17. Robert Dziekanski, 40 -
Vancouver, BC - October 14, 2007 - RCMP - tasered 5 times - taser was a contributing factor

18. Quilem Registre, 39 -
Montreal, QC - October 17, 2007 - X26 - tasered 6 times - "Official" cause of death: Necrosis of the liver, small intenstine and colon with contributing factors of 60mg/100 ml blood alcohol level and non quantified level of metabolite cocaine

19. Howard Hyde, 45 -
Halifax, NS - November 22, 2007 - tasered 2 times - "Official" cause of death: "Excited delirium" due to paranoid schizophrenia, with contributing factors of Coronary artery disease, obesity and restraint

20. Robert Knipstrom, 36 -
Chilliwack, BC - November 24, 2007 - RCMP - # of times tasered: "no comment" from RCMP

21. Jeffrey Marreel, 36 -
Norfolk, Ontario - June 23, 2008 - OPP - # of times tasered: "no comment" from SIU

22. Michael Langan, 17,
Winnipeg, MB - July 22, 2008 - tasered 1 time

23. Sean Reilly, 42 -
Brampton, ON - September 17, 2008 - X26 - tasered 2 times

24. Frank Frachette, 49 -
Langley, BC - September 30, 2008 - RCMP - # of times tasered: "no comment" from RCMP

25. Trevor Grimolfson, 38 -
Edmonton, AB - October 29, 2008, X26 - tasered 2 times - "Official" cause of death: excited delirium brought on by drugs

26. Gordon Walker Bowe, 30,
Calgary, AB - November 2, 2008 - tasered 1 time