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I've been listening to this incident quite a lot on CBC radio over the last few days. It is sad that it had to come to this. I don't think a tazer should of been used.

It is true that the man became agitated due to the amount of time he was at the airport and he was destroying property that there were some spectators that tried to communicate with him, but the police absolutely went too far in trying to detain this man in my opinion, but I don't think its necessarily all of the police officers fault. I remember during the interview the person that had filmed the incident heard one of the officers ask his superior if he could use the tazer. He also witnessed one of the officers press his knee against the back of the victims neck.

The first though that hit in my mind, is why did it have to come to a tazer being used, four officers were at the scene and it should of been more than enough people to bring the man under control. I also remember during the interview on cbc radio, that the security personnel at the airport informed the police officers as they arrived that the man could not understand any english but still no attempt was made to get an interpretator. It should of been fairly easy to find one being at an international airport and all. The incident seemed it was the result of people quickly judging and acting in an unprofessional manner.

I know because of this incident the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in my home province has delayed a tender to bring tazers into their police force due to recent deaths concerning a tazer being used.

Jam it back in, in the dark.