The Vancouver police are very close to being fascists in my view, so none of this is surprising..
This is the same police force that spends all kinds of time needlessly harassing street people in the Downtown Eastside (the Cdn equivalent of a ghetto), and as Nightmare mentioned.. a man was killed by a tasar at Vancouver Airport some time ago. I believe the "inquiry" is still underway. During that incident it was stated by somebody who had served in the police years ago that today's force is poorly trained in actually talking to people. Instead, they are all too ready to reach for their tasers...
All of that being said, some of the people I've encountered while riding Skytrain are a security risk. Somebody once threatened to mug me... though they were all fluff because when I told them to er... "jump of a pier" they backed off.
However, I don't think tasers should be used, they are far too dangerous.
Just out of curiosity Fable, have you lately been on a kick to show up Canada as a sort of poorer cousin to the US in terms of politics and such?
(since you also made mention of Harper and his band of thugs in a thread I recently posted).
No worries, Harper, and the Vancouver police disgust me too, I just noticed is all
