Ottawa spends more than half a million to defend RCMP, officers at Taser inquiry

By James Keller (CP) – 7 hours ago

VANCOUVER, B.C. — The federal government spent more than half a million dollars defending the RCMP and the actions of the four officers who stunned Robert Dziekanski with a Taser at Vancouver's airport.

Pathetic! The taxpayer is paying for these mooks to be defended for their reprehensible actions. Just as we did for the Somalia affair in the 90's, only to have that one cut short by the Chretien government and the Airborne regiment disbanded. So why isn't the RCMP being disbanded? Because they covered their ass well and since no actual criminal charges have been made, nothing will be done.

On a side note, I find it interesting how Taser International changed the usage guidelines for this device, even though they continue to maintain the claim that the taser did not kill Robert Dziekanski. I suspect that they may be sniffing possible lawsuits in the air.

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