Robert Dziekanski

• Mother of RCMP Tasering victim Robert Dziekanski passes away during visit to Poland

  A lawyer for Zofia Cisowski, who passed away at the age of 73, says she leaves behind a legacy of police reform that she fought for in the wake of her son's 2007 death.

  Nov 29, 2019
  
• ‘Hush money’: RCMP starts to settle with Mounties who Tasered Robert Dziekanski

  Bill Bentley, who remains a Mountie, says he still feels “numb.” His former coworker, Monty Robinson, calls the settlement "hush money."

  News

  Jun 8, 2019
  
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• $220M and counting: The cost of the RCMP’s ‘culture of dysfunction’

  From sexual harassment lawsuits to inquiries into use of force, a Global News estimate shows over the last 20 years the force's failure to reform is adding up.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2019
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• ‘They want to disappear’: psychiatrist speaks to Mounties’ PTSD struggle

  An inquest into Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre's suicide aims to see if more could be done to prevent similar deaths in the future.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2018
• ‘Nothing has changed’: Ex-Mounties take aim at RCMP during inquest

  “It was the single biggest institutional betrayal I witnessed in 15 years,” testifies Atoya Montague.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2018
• Mountie’s widow testifies how high-profile Tasering at Vancouver airport ruined his life

  Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre took his own life in 2013. His wife speaks about how the Mounties made him a scapegoat in Robert Dziekanski's Tasering.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2018
• ‘I don’t want to die’: 5 years on, inquest into Mountie’s suicide to begin

  Former Mounties who’ve fought their own battles with the force say they will be watching the inquest into Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre's death.

  Features

  Nov 25, 2018
• Coroner’s inquest to be held into death of former RCMP spokesperson

  A coroner's inquest will be held into the death of the Mountie who was the face for the RCMP following the tasering death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport in 2007.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2018
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• Supreme Court of Canada rejects appeals from men convicted of perjury in Dziekanski case

  The Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeals from two men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious stun-gun encounter in Vancouver.

  Crime

  Oct 30, 2017
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• Supreme Court to hear RCMP perjury appeals in Robert Dziekanski case

  The Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeals from two men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious stun-gun encounter in Vancouver.

  Canada

  May 18, 2017