Intent Matters
You know, I've just naturally assumed that the RCMP officers responsible for the death of Robert Dziekanski had no intent to kill him - but I haven't watched the video. It's a terrible thing to contemplate - but what if they did? I mean, as a Canadian, I feel comfortable having a certain degree of trust in our law enforcement officers, that they aren't just psychotic killers on the loose - but what if they are?
In the meantime, I've noticed (you probably have, too) that no one in a position of ultimate responsibility for the safety and security of Canadian citizens (hello New Conservative Government of Canada) has demanded - or even suggested - that police should no longer be allowed to use tasers. I find that very odd. A man died because he was tasered. And yet, tasers are still being used by police officers as if they are non-lethal weapons of defence.
Clearly, they aren't. So, why isn't the government stepping up and doing something about this dangerous situation? For that matter, why aren't all our governments stepping up to demand that police forces across the country hand in their tasers? Afterall, there were NO taser-related deaths before police started using them. And why, too, aren't we suing the company that manufactured and sold the weapons to police forces all across North America? Obviously, it made false claims about its product - or there wouldn't have been ANY people killed by police using tasers as non-lethal weapons of defence.
Really, what the hell are governments for, anyway? Why do we bother paying our taxes? Because we bought those tasers for our police forces to be used as non-lethal weapons of defence but, in fact, they're being used to kill us.
Who knows? Maybe the plan is to do it one tasering at a time.
I dunno. But I think, to be on the safe side, our government(s) should demand that everybody hand in their taser and then the New Conservative Government of Canada should go to the manufacturer who sold us the lot and demand our money back.
AT THE VERY LEAST!!!!
