Posted AT 5:00 AM EST on 18/07/08
Support for RCMP in airport tasering draws outcry
OTTAWA — The commissioner of the RCMP and the Premier of British Columbia went too far last year with their support for the Mounties involved in the death of a Polish citizen after he was tasered at the Vancouver airport, opposition MPs said yesterday.
Newly released RCMP e-mails show that the police force's leader, Commissioner William Elliott, made supportive calls to four RCMP officers just after a video of the incident was made public.
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