Really the main reason I was annoyed is that by linking that youtube video and claiming it showed "more to the story" you suggested to me that you hadn't bothered to click the other two links provided in the second freakin' post (not like it was buried in a thread 10 pages long) before chiming in on the subject
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Why would you get so upset about that
It looks like you may not have watched it yourself
So not only did they not bother to get a translator there by that time,
The video clearly shows security repeatedly calling for a translator but none could be found
but they failed to unite him with what would have been a very effective translator that they already had in the building.
Was he able to communicate to them who and where that person was?
As far as when the police showed up, it seems like they made little effort to either properly assess the situation before confronting him (for instance, they tried to start off talking to him in English, though he spoke none, )
It is pure conjecture on your part that they attempt to speak to him in English, the video does not pick up the audio at that point, they nay very well have attempted to speak to him in Russian.
Given his obvious irrational state that would certainly have pissed him off.
which could have been ascertained by talking to the airport security guys standing right there for like a second
The video clearly shows the police getting the information that he speaks no English, don't know how you could have missed that
at least in my layperson's opinion, rapidly escalated the confrontation by surrounding him with an aggressive posture and then moving to physical force
.The video clearly shows that they assumed the aggressive posture of surrounding him after he threw up his hands in disgust and walked away from them
Yes, the guy had been violent before they showed up
The video clearly shows him assuming a violent posture after they got there
for instance, did anybody else notice no attempt whatsoever at CPR?
Was his heart still beating at that time and was he still breathing but unconscious, the video does not in any way make that clear
CPR at the wrong time will kill a person
And even after you get offended that I did not acknowledge your contribution
The fact that he may have picked up a stapler is part of the reason I'm willing to accept that the first use of the taser was justified
The cameraman is clearly heard saying "He's still trying to fight them off" which would warrant the second tase
yet I didn't see anything he did that was particularly worthy of the death penalty
No where in the video or the accompanying article did I see any mention of a death sentence being passed down or imposed
Your statement seems to imply that the cops deliberately set out to kill this man
There is nothing to suggest this and not much to suggest that they behaved indifferently or irresponsibly.
There is no mandate that an airport have a translator on duty to cover any and all possible languages and it can be heard loud and clear that a Russian translator was erroneously being called for
We don't know why this guy was being held, but we do know that it involved processing
I have been through immigration processing and it is a frustrating tedious process, but I never saw anybody act like this idiot did
Bottom line
His actions caused the police reaction
It is sad that he died but he started the trouble not the airport or the police
Edit to add:
If my reposting a link to the video had gotten you to actually watch it, it would have been a good thing