BC Appeal Court says inquiry can fault officers involved in Dziekanski death
Posted Dec 29, 2009 11:35 am.
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – The former judge conducting a provincial inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski can find misconduct against the RCMP officers involved.
The B.C. Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling today rejecting the RCMP’s argument that Thomas Braidwood had no jurisdiction to make the findings because his provincial inquiry doesn’t have authority over the federal force.
Braidwood warned early this year that he’ll consider whether to allege misconduct against the four officers involved when he writes his final report.
The RCMP took the issue to court, but the B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed their claims.
Dziekanski died after he was zapped multiple times with an RCMP Taser at the Vancouver airport in 2007.
The Polish immigrant had been acting erratically, throwing furniture and brandishing a stapler, after being stranded at the airport for hours.
