1. Cops should not be allowed to use tasers. Cops are trained to use them in a very very very very very controlled setting, not in a setting where the person it's being used on will have a flight-or-fight response. And what happens? The cops murder the person for naturally wanting to get away from being brutalized.

Knight_of_BAAWA at 7:49PM on Nov 16th 2007

2. I am liberal, and I think tasers save lives. Yes, on a rare occasion, someone dies. That is tragic, but keep in mind those folks in the past were usually shot instead of tasered. The police have to protect themselves and others from out of control individuals.
The issue is, according to the video, are some cops using the taser too quickly? That is certainly possible, but deal with those individual cops through investigation but do not ban tasers.
Knee jerk reactions by pandering politicians always follow these situations. Apparently Canada has their share of these just like the U.S.

David S. at 8:39PM on Nov 16th 2007

3. I was appalled at the murder of that poor, twenty year old man. Never flew before, never in an airport before, non-English speaking, totally disoriented about where to go after he found where to get his luggage, he winds up locke up in a secured area.
These airport police, whatever they are, say and are aware he does not speak English yet continue to question and warn him in English. He was frightened and confined. Don't they have interpreters in Vancouver? I am sure just as many, if not more, people from non-English/French speaking countries arrive in Canada by the droves, they must have interpreters.
The shame of it is he was only 20, probably from a village in Poland coming to join his Mom and start a new life in a new country, now he's dead, doesn't matter where he wanted to go or what he wanted to do. Dead.
For Canada, you all are so calling us down below you blood thirsty, not time to talk war bush the traitor that he is, Americans still believe in the barbaric practice of the death penalty, NRA, all of that. I never would have expected Canada from keeping us crossing into their country as is common now for peaceful protesters, let alone tasering to death, like 26, 27 people? America, yes, the police are, shall we say, brutal, so I see 200+ deaths due to taser.
This entire world is in a freefall.

oh well at 11:58PM on Nov 16th 2007

4. The tazer didnt kill him...he was not murdered...his own actions killed him... all of your knee jerk reactions to ban everything is getting really old. its basic darwin stuff....do somthing stupid, you die....jump off a bridge, you die....drink and drive then crash, you die....

kevin adult over 40 at 12:12AM on Nov 17th 2007

5. Tasers are safe when used correctly, however the police are using them on people who are not in the best of health in the first place or tasing them too many times.

Christopher at 4:44AM on Nov 17th 2007

6. NO GUNS, NOW NO TAZERS. WHAT'S NEXT? MAYBE 40 LASHES WITH A NERF BAT? HOW ABOUT INJECTIONS WITH HALUCINATING DRUGS? MAYBE THAT WOULD SCARE THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF OFFENDERS?

Plinkoman at 5:52AM on Nov 17th 2007

7. It is a tragedy that this man died from a supposedly non-lethal Taser shock. One should look at it as just a sequence of bad circumstances which won't repeat itself too often with such bad results. Its like the bumper sticker, and I apologize in advance for sounding callous, but SHIT HAPPENS. You go off like a crazy person in an airport and exactly what do we expect law enforcement to do? To take care of the disorder and remove it from our midst. What if this man had looked Arabic? Would we be moaning about the tragic use of a taser? Folks would be saying that they were frightened and that law enforcement should have shot him because they feared for their lives. Anyway....They didn't intend to kill this man but they did what they were supposed to do. They ended the disorder and tragic as it may seem they did their job.

Harry L at 7:18AM on Nov 17th 2007

8. Read Cop stories (good and bad) and watch Cop Videos at CopsGoneBad.com

CopsGoneBad at 10:05AM on Nov 17th 2007

9. I understand that there have been deaths caused by the use of tasers, but instead of just giving us those numbers we should also be given the number of deaths that occurred in police take downs before tasers came into use. This will tell us if they are truly safer than past techniques. We are going to have to accept that criminals, those under the influence of drugs, the mentally ill and those who just chose to continue to fight back regardless of the officers order may get injured or killed during the arrest. The officers safety comes before the safety of the person they are arresting, although we should hold police accountable for any true abuses of power.

Melinda at 10:43AM on Nov 17th 2007

10. canadians are weak and fold at the first sign of adversity. they better thank their lucky asses america sits on it's southern border!!

dan at 10:46AM on Nov 17th 2007

11. According to the taser maker they are safe, how about we taser the people who make this product and hold them down. Would they then still agree their product is safe? It is apparent that the taser is unsafe, but as usual the truth is out there we just are not allowed to hear it. Don't expect our governments to do anything though, it would require some thought. They will just hire some consultants who support their opinion.

earl hart at 10:53AM on Nov 17th 2007

12. Tasers are a short cut between applying non-lethal force and lethal force. The traditional methods are no more pleasant than getting tasered, which I have been twice. Long story. However, the traditional methods are grappling and beating a perpetrator into submission. The alternative is a bullet. Given the choice, I found the taser to be the better of the options.

Will some people die? Yes. Some people will also die in the course of being forced to submit, due to alcoholic or drug influences, fear, or being just plain stupid. A lot of people will die if lethal force has to be employed. Forcing some one to submit is a nightmare. They may be armed, they may not be armed, they may be high, they may be drunk, they could have HIV or other communicable diseases. And the cop is charged to endanger his own safety to apprehend the perpetrator for processing. A tall order indeed.

But hey, if lassos work... ::shrug::

Somber at 12:01PM on Nov 17th 2007

13. Cops should not be trying to exact a measure of revenge on someone who doesn't understand them.

Knight_of_BAAWA at 1:49PM on Nov 17th 2007

14. #12 Somber is making an "unliberal," rational, common sense, conservative statement???

Aye-Aye-Aye-Aye-Aye-Aye-Aye-Aye-Aye (that noise a cartoon character makes when rapidly shaking it's head in disbelief)

Surely the end is near!

lizard at 1:55PM on Nov 17th 2007

15. I hope that someone beats the crap out of you and there is a Policeman near you and he won't help you and then you would put the police down for not helping and also for not Tasering the person beating YOY!!!!!

Bill Wallace at 2:02PM on Nov 17th 2007