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« Previous EntriesMegan Meier: MySpace, Manipulation, Betrayal and Suicide
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Megan Meier was one of untold numbers of underaged teenagers who have joined MySpace. The tragedy of her suicide, and the stunning sequence of events that brought it about, force us to confront the potential dangers that minors face when venturing online. Megan Meier’s suicide has been reported in a detailed […]
Taser Death at Vancouver Airport - Conflicting Eyewitness Accounts and Controversy
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007The man whom police at Vancouver International Airport tasered to death on October 14 has been identified, but the circumstances and the exact cause of his death are still unknown:
A man who died at Vancouver International Airport minutes after being zapped with an RCMP stun gun was in the process of immigrating to live with […]
Man’s Death By Taser at Vancouver Airport Ignites Debate on Taser Use in Canada
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007The Globe and Mail reports that the taser death of a man at Vancouver International Airport on Sunday, October 14, has become the impetus for an examination of the use of tasers by police in Canada:
Another taser-related death in Canada has set off a call for national standards on when and how the weapons are […]
Police Taser Kills Man at Vancouver Airport
Monday, October 15th, 2007 An unidentified man died after being tasered by police at the Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday, October 14:
Police say the incident involved a man in his 40s who had disembarked from an international flight and was waiting for his luggage at about 1:30 a.m.
He began screaming in an Eastern European […]
Carol Anne Gotbaum’s Airport Death - The Tragedy Continues to Confound
Saturday, October 13th, 2007The last few days have brought more and more troubling details regarding Carol Anne Gotbaum’s tragic death at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Her husband, Noah Gotbaum’s eulogy, released to CNN, summarizes much of what went wrong:
“If the airline or the police authorities had treated Carol with some modicum of sensitivity and grace, […]