It's pretty easy, to take a look at that short piece of footage they show on the news and conclude that the R.C.M.P. should have done everything differently. Watch the entire video(12-15min)and you'll see that Mr Dziekanskind had, at various times, armed himself and acted in a threatening manner. This is the information the Mounties received. I hope all of you can appreciate the fact, that this kind of information, would be of most concern to any police officer in the world. Mr Dziekanskind made a move towards some of the smashed equipment that was nearby on the floor. Yes, they were big burly boys, but unless you've been smashed in the side of the head with something that someone was able to get their hands on quickly, you don't have a clue.
Sudbury, 1978 I was able to inflict bodily harm on six of them before they finally got me on the ground and then into the cruiser! I wish they'd had a taiser, I'd have taken a hell of a lot less beating and spent a considerable lot less time in jail!!!
And just for the record, up until the Sudbury Regional Police showed up, I hadn't committed any criminal offences(this particular time).