Piotr Ogrodzinski駐カナダ・ポーランド大使はAFPの取材に対し、「事件に衝撃を受けた。 警官のとった行動は問題の起きた状況で不適切だった可能性がある」と述べた。同大使は 事件の経緯について調査結果を開示するようカナダ政府に正式に申し入れ、カナダの 警察苦情処理委員会の関係者とも面会したという。
(O.C.) He speaks Russian and nobody can help him, we need a Russian interpreter here to calm him down.
(O.C.) There is 300 people coming in.
(Woman O.C.) He is so scared, why do they just leave him?
(Man O.C.) Why are the police not here?
(O.C.) Did you call security? . . . did you call the police?
(O.C.) Yes, I am at the airport.
(O.C.) The keyboard he is holding in security.
RCMP arrive in the international arrivals area of Vancouver International Airport.
(O.C.) What are you doing? What are you doing?
(Crowd members call to police) He is right inside here on the other side of the door.
(O.C.) Dziekanski screams in Polish: Police, police.
(O.C., from crowd) He speaks Russian.
(O.C.) He is freaking out.
(O.C.) Sir, he speaks Russian, that's it, no English.
Police approach Dziekanski. Dziekanski starts backing away, raising his arms briefly. A few moments later he starts screaming. He holds his arm, moaning in pain. He falls to the ground. He screams repeatedly.
(Crowd member O.C.) Jesus Christ.
Dziekanski is pinned on the ground by four RCMP officers. He struggles, kicking his feet.
taser related deaths in canada by cops. カナダにおける警察のテーザー銃使用関連の死亡事件
List of Canadian fatalities: カナダ人の死亡事件
1. April 19, 2003: Terrance Hanna, 51, Burnaby, BC (RCMP) 2. July 22, 2003: Clay Willey, 33, Prince George, BC (RCMP) 3. Sept. 28, 2003: Clark Whitehouse, 34, Whitehorse, Yukon (RCMP) 4. March 23, 2004: Perry Ronald, 28, Edmonton, Alta. 5. May 1, 2004: Roman Andreichikov, 25, Vancouver, BC 6. May 13, 2004: Peter Lamonday, 38, London, Ont. 7. June 23, 2004: Robert Bagnell, 44, Vancouver, BC 8. July 17, 2004: Jerry Knight, 29, Mississauga, Ont. 9. August 8, 2004: Samuel Truscott, 43, Kingston, Ont. 10. May 5, 2005: Kevin Geldart, 34, Moncton, NB (RCMP) 11. June 30, 2005: Gurmeet Sandhu, 41, Surrey, BC (RCMP) 12. July 1, 2005: James Foldi, 39, Beamsville, Ont. 13. July 15, 2005: Paul Saulnier, 42, Digby, Nova Scotia (RCMP) 14. December 24, 2005: Alesandro Fiacco, 33, Edmonton, Alta. 15. August 30, 2006: Jason Doan, 28, Red Deer, Alta. (RCMP) 16. October 14, 2007: Robert Dziekanski, 40, Richmond, BC (RCMP) 17. October 17, 2007: Quillem Registre, 39, Montreal, Quebec
トロントのポーランド系カナダ人が今度の土曜に抗議集会を予定: Defend Robert Dziekanski Toronto Queen's Park Protest Saturday, November 24, 2007 Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm Location: Queen's Park Street: University Avenue City/Town: Toronto, ON
"The same situation happened with the other lady, the Vietnamese one," said Felicia Maraseseu. "That's too much." (先日、警官がベトナム人のおばさんを射殺して問題になった。もちろんサンノゼ警察は反省してない。)