By Philip Ling, Canwest News Service
The commissioner of the public inquiry into the 2007 Tasering and death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski said that the RCMP officer was "not justified in deploying the weapon against Mr. Dziekanski, given the totality of the circumstances he was facing at the time."
The Braidwood Inquiry was called following the October 2007 death of Dziekanski, 40, who was shocked with a Taser after four RCMP officers responded to a call reporting a violent drunk at the Vancouver International Airport.
Dziekanski, who spoke no English and had never been on a plane before, was unable to find his mother after arriving at the airport. He remained in a secure customs area for nearly 11 hours and then, appearing dazed and delirious, began throwing around furniture, prompting the 911 call.
Moments after the RCMP officers arrived on the scene, Dziekanski was jolted five times with a Taser.
He died minutes after he was restrained and handcuffed face-down on the airport floor.
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