Canadians Commit Murder Too.

Well, perhaps they don’t kill on the same scale as the good ole’ USA, but a few weeks ago, a Polish man was tasered to death in the Vancouver, British Columbia airport by police after spending 10 hours stuck in the airport with no-one helping him because he spoke no English.

To be sure, the police were right to defend themselves when confronted by a batshit-crazy man who throws chairs around at the airport, but they should’ve thought about how to defuse the situation instead of escalate it.

It might’ve been better if they’d gotten a translator in there to defuse the situation.

Waiting 15 minutes for a translator is an exponentially better solution when a man’s life is on the line.

Be warned, the man writhes on the ground and screams for a long time before he dies. It’s disturbing.

Check out the video here, courtesy CBC via Boing Boing.

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