In watching the video it appeared to me that the police overeacted. It was tough to watch.
The big question is what are the factors that may have caused the police to act as they did. Did someone exagerate the situation to the police before they arrived on the scene? Do RCMP officers, that do airport duty, have sufficient training and expertise to handle such a situation? Did the police follow the standard protocol?
Its also seems obvious that the whole scene could have been prevented if the airport personnel had been much more helpful in getting the mother and son together before things started going wrong.
All in all it's a terrible tragedy and I hope the mother is given the help she needs to get through it. Also I hope enough is learned so the situation never happens again.
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