Poland demands answers from Canada on immigrant death

Poland demands answers from Canada on immigrant death

Agence France-Presse


Like from the movie "Terminal" The Terminal, Terminal, The : Catherine Zeta Jones, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg
But this time the Polish Man Mr. Robert Dziekanski was killed by Airport security in
VANCOUVER Canada।

He had valid permanent visa and valid passport. We has waited 20 years to see his mother in Canada. His dream was to open small business with his mother.
Robert Dziekanski was from the small beautiful town in south western Poland mountains Pieszyce

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VANCOUVER, Canada--The death of a Polish emigre after police stunned him with a taser at an airport here has sparked a diplomatic incident, with Poland demanding full details of the subsequent investigation.

"I had been waiting for seven years for him. I had been saving for seven years."

I had been waiting for seven years for him. I had been saving for seven years."

She fell silent for a moment, her eyes falling on his picture in front of her at the news conference in Vancouver's Polish Hall.

"Now I lost my son. I loved him so much," she said.


The Polish government issued a diplomatic note asking "Canadian authorities to provide us promptly with full and transparent results of the investigation of this tragic accident," Maciej Krych, Poland's consul general in this western Canadian city, told AFP.

Robert Dziekanski, 40, died on October 14 after a brief struggle with security guards and police, who were called after he started throwing things and screaming in the airport's arrival zone.

A preliminary coroner's report Friday showed there were no drugs or alcohol in Dziekanski's body, said the lawyer for Zofia Cisowski, the dead man's mother.

Dziekanski, a construction worker, had flown from Frankfurt to live with his mother in Canada. He spoke only Polish, had never travelled before and was "scared" and "stressed" by the journey, said the lawyer, Walter Kosteckyj.

Dziekanski waited for his mother in the airport's luggage area, but she was not allowed to enter the secure zone and could not find anyone to tell her if her son had arrived, said Kosteckyj. After several hours, she left.

A few feet away from her, on the other side of the security zone wall, Dziekanski waited for 10 hours, said the lawyer.

"It's unbelievable you have a guy sitting in what is supposed to be a secure area for 10 hours ... without immigration or airport authorities at least asking the guy or finding out what the problem is," he said.

When Dziekanski finally emerged into the public arrivals area, there was no one to meet him and it had been 25 hours since he left home, said Kosteckyj.

"He was not a sophisticated traveller... He was a fellow simply lost in an English-speaking world unable to communicate."

Police statements on October 14 said "he was sweating profusely, behaving irrationally, throwing chairs, tipping his luggage cart over, pounding on glass windows ... and screaming in what sounded like an eastern European language."

Documents obtained by CTV news showed that within two minutes after police arrived, they used a stun gun on Dziekanski. Ambulance attendants arrived 12 minutes later and were not able to revive him.

"Our Polish community [is] in a state of shock," said Krych.

A public inquest will be carried out, Jeff Dolan, the province's assistant deputy chief coroner, told AFP.

The death has fueled controversy about taser stun guns, which have been linked to other deaths in the country, including one in the same week as Dziekanski's.


SW. Pamieci Dziekanski pochodzil z miejscowosci Pieszyce w Polsce.


Dzieje Pieszyc są równie skomplikowane jak historia Śląska. Na przestrzeni wieków osada wchodziła w skład różnych państw, zamieszkiwana była przez różne narody. Prawdopodobnie powstała w XIII wieku, tak jak większość pobliskich miejscowości w wyniku tak zwanej kolonizacji na prawie niemieckim. Przypuszczenia te potwierdzają najstarsze historyczne źródła mówiące o Pieszycach. Pierwsza pisana wzmianka o naszej miejscowości pochodzi z 1258 roku – dokładnie 13 lutego, biskup wrocławski Tomasz I, na prośbę księcia wrocławskiego Henryka III, patrona kościoła Św. Jerzego w Dzierżoniowie oraz Ottona z Willina, z kolei patrona kaplicy w Pieszycach, wydaje dokument rozdzielający obie świątynie.

Historyczna nazwa Pieszyc – w materiałach źródłowych Peterswald (tłumacz. Piotrowy las) wskazuje na kolonizacyjną genezę. Być może osada powstała w miejscu wykarczowania lasu. W pierwszej połowie XIV stulecia Pieszyce były już dużą wsią. Jak podają dokumenty posiadały między innymi murowany dwór, kościół, folwark oraz liczne młyny, nie wspominając o gospodarstwach chłopskich.
Na początku XVIII wieku dobra pieszyckie nabył w całości za cenę 141 tys. talarów Bernhard von Mohrenthal. Za jego rządów w Pieszycach nastąpił szybki rozwój tkactwa. Nic też dziwnego, że w XIX wiek Pieszyce wkraczają w erę przemysłową, jako silny ośrodek tkactwa. Lokalne statystyki mówią, że w 1828 r. wieś posiadała 560 przędzalników oraz 280 tkaczy. Pierwsze fabryki tekstylne pojawiły się w następnym stuleciu. To właśnie w Pieszycach rozpoczęło się powstanie tkaczy śląskich z 1844 r. rozsławiony przez Gerharda Hauptmanna. Patrząc na Pieszyce z tamtych lat trzeba zaznaczyć, że była to dość nietypowa wieś. Obok ponad stu gospodarstw chłopskich funkcjonowało czternaście fabryk włókienniczych.

Po zakończeniu II Wojny Światowej miasto, tak jak i cały Dolny Śląsk zostało przyłączone do państwa polskiego। 29 października 1945 roku wprowadzono polską nazwę naszego miasta – Piotrolesie. W lipcu 1947 roku Piotrolesie stało się już na stałe Pieszycami, które 22 lipca 1962 roku otrzymały prawa miejskie.

Pieszyce ist sehr malerisch am Fuße des Eulengebirges gelegen. Das Eulengebirge ist landschaftliches ein sehr schönes und abwechslungsreiches Wandergebiet. Vom touristischen Standpunkt gesehen gibt es hier eine große Anzahl von Wander- und Radwege. Eulengebirge ist auch das idealste Skigelände. Es gibt ausgebaute Ski- und Rodelbahnen sowie Skilifts - das sind natürlich nicht alle Gründe, warum man unsere Gemeinde besuchen sollte.
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The Funeral

Mike from Calgary shares


Robert's public funeral would be in Kamloops on Saturday at 11 am. I looked up the funeral home to send flowers and their details are below.

Kamloops Funeral Home
kfhome@telus.net

Their address is
285 Fortune Drive
Kamloops BC V2B 2H7

The news article also said that there is a fund set up at a Kamloops bank to help Zofia take her sons ashes back to Poland.

Sheri from Kamloops informs us

The Kamloops Daily News states there is a fund set up at Valley First Credit Union at 100-180 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC, account #74666. It is called the Zofia Victim's Fund.

Thank you Sheri.
The bank can be reached at Phone: 250-374-4924 if you need any further detail.

Posted by Justice for Robert D. at 3:25 PM 3 comments

Labels: funeral, Robert Dziekanski


Wednesday, November 14, 2007
A Call for Justice: A Letter to the MP

The people to contact are your MP, the minister for Transport Canada - Lawrence Cannon and the minister for Public Safety - Stockwell Day . Their addresses are as below.

The Honourable Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Tower C - 330 Sparks St.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1A 0N5
Phone: 613-991-0700
Fax: 613-995-0327
email: mintc@tc.gc.ca

The Honourable Stockwell Day
Minister of Public Safety
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Phone: 613.995.1702
Fax: 613.995.1154
Email: day.s@parl.gc.ca

Please send an email to them today. Feel free to use the following email or adapt from it.



Dear Minister ____,
On October 14, Mr Robert Dziekanski, a first time visitor to Canada was killed at the airport. The cause of death is attributed to two taser shots fired at close proximity by RCMP officers present at the scene. From video footage of the event it is evident that Mr Dziekanski was no threat to either himself or to anyone else. On the other hand he seemed to be suffering a severe anxiety attack on account of his confinement at the airport for ten hours after passing through customs. In stead of offering medical attention or negotiating with Mr Dziekanski, the officers seemed to behave in a fashion that can only be called trigger-happy. Furthermore, these officers also attempted to cover up their incompetence by lying about the sequence of events leading up to Mr Dziekanski's death. The events have only been brought to light because of video footage of the event captured by a bystander.

I fear the incompetence of the RCMP officers stems from a systemic failure and request you to raise this matter in the parliament. Since this event also took place in an area secured by customs officers at a national airport I request an enquiry into the airport procedures in handling visitors to Canada.

The video footage of the event is publicly available. No conscientous Canadian can see that and not be appalled by the sequence of events. I trust you will share my concern and shame at having treated a fellow human in such a fashion. Canadians look to you to pursue this investigation to the fullest extent.

Yours very sincerely,

_________


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