Sunday, August 17, 2008

RCMP scrambled after taser airport death as revealed in e-mails released to the Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act

RCMP scrambled after taser airport death, e-mails reveal

The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — While RCMP brass and its media relations division scrambled to keep from being "crucified" over taser use and the death of a man at Vancouver's airport, they also had to deal with an increasing barrage of complaints accusing officers of being everything from clowns to killers.

E-mail documents, released to The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, showed great concern from Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's office down to the RCMP's British Columbia media relations office over the public's perception about the death of Robert Dziekanski.

 

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