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 [...]
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Police Taser Kills Man at Vancouver Airport
October 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Physical Safety, Privacy and Personal Safety
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Carol Anne Gotbaum’s Airport Death – The Tragedy Continues to Confound
October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Physical Safety, Privacy and Personal Safety
The 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, [...]
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Body Scan Debuts Today at Phoenix Airport in Spite of Longstanding Privacy Concerns
October 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Privacy and Personal Safety
Today marks the debut of a new version of the controversial “backscatter” body scan, to be used as part of airport security measures in Phoenix. As USA Today reports: Travelers at the city’s Sky Harbor International Airport will receive body scans from a machine the Transportation Security Administration is testing to see if it can [...]
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