Police kill Polish man @ Vancouver Airport

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Wires,

Handling mentally ill teenage boys in a controlled setting is much different than handling random dudes in an airport. You knew the medical history of the kids you were around. You didn't need to worry about what kind of drugs the kids might be on or if the kid gets cut during the struggle are you being exposed to HIV or other blood-borne diseases. The cops need to make split second decisions with very limited information. If the guy in the video gets by the cops and starts running around the airport throwing stuff at by-standers the cops will be crucified for it.


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You're missing the point of the original post on proper techniques; proper takedown/restraint techniques will work on any individual if you have sufficient numbers (more people needed for larger/stronger suspects). The 5 police officers were trained in restraint, and instead, lazily applied the taser. Additionally, your strawman setting (he could bust past the officers and run around the airport "throwing stuff at by-standers" ) is disingenious. The man was calm and compliant at the time the taser was applied. No lives were in danger, especially not others at the airport. C'mon, stop sensationalizing. If he had charged the cops, they may have reason to tase him. This did not happen.

I also think you're greatly underestimating the difficulty of working with troubled teens. Knowing their medical history does not make it any easier to restrain a self-destructive kid from hurting himself or others.

Lastly, the airport IS a controlled setting, since it establishes that the guy was unarmed. He went through the metal detectors, right? Security far outnumbered him. So the risk was his size? They tased him because he was large... Is that a problem? It's a lazy police decision, and it may have caused someone's death.