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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
I don't think the cops knew what was in his hand other than a blunt object. He was flailing it around,
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He was? What part of my post did you fail to read?
RCMP Cpl. Benjamin (Monty) Robinson, the officer in charge at the time and the last of four Mounties to testify at the Braidwood inquiry, admitted he asked to "change" his evidence after viewing a video of the death shot by a bystander.
The inquiry heard that in his initial report, Robinson claimed 12 times that the Polish immigrant swung a stapler at the officers.
This report, along with those of his fellow officers, was proved wrong by a bystander video of Dziekanski's death.
"I was mistaken but I was telling the truth. I sort of blended the whole interaction with him," he told the inquiry Monday.
As I said there are at least 4 inconsistencies/blatant lies with the story.
1. No of times tased.
2. Wasn't swinging the stapler as claimed (thank god for video evidence or he'd probably have had a rocket launcher in his hand).
3. One cop says they discussed the incident at the debriefing. Other cop says it wasn't mentioned at all and they just had a group hug.
4. Time of cardiac arrest.
Cops claim it was just as the firemen turned up. Paramedics turned up after the firemen and report the man was being restrained face down and was blue.
RCMP training suggests you restrain dead men?
As I said, I'm not goint to debate whether or not the force was appropriate or not as it's been done.
It's the lies and attempted cover up that bother me. If you can't see from a combination of his drunk driving incident fairy tale story coupled with his changing his story and contradcting colleagues how this cop will fabricate anything to avoid accountability and responsibility for his actions then I give up.