Blamed and Broken : The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski

"Images of Robert Dziekanski convulsing after being shocked by a Mountie's Taser went viral in 2007. International outrage and domestic shame followed the release of that painful video. It had taken just twenty-six seconds for four Mounties to surround and discharge a Taser on the Polish immigrant at Vancouver International Airport. A decade later, after millions of dollars spent on an inquiry and failed prosecutions, a story has emerged that reveals what happened to those whose lives remain marked by what happened in those twenty-six seconds. Blamed and Broken turns the familiar "Bad Cop" narrative on its head, offering a less tidy version of the truth, written by an experienced, award-winning CBC investigative journalist who has covered every step of the story since the day Robert Dziekanski died."-- $c Provided by publisher A few fleeting seconds, captured on video, led to a frustrating search for justice tainted by ego, bias, and a desire for vengeance. Images of Robert Dziekanski convulsing after being shocked by a Mountie's Taser went viral in 2007. International outrage and domestic shame followed the release of that painful video. It had taken just twenty-six seconds for four Mounties to surround and stun the Polish would-be immigrant at Vancouver International Airport. A decade later, after millions of dollars spent on an inquiry, and bungled prosecutions laden with bias and interference, the tragic impact of those fleeting seconds on the people involved — Dziekanski's mother and the four Mounties — is at last revealed. An in-depth expose of the Robert Dziekanski Taser death and the years of obstructed and bungled inquiries Robert Dziekanski died after being shocked multiple times with Tasers by RCMP officers, in a confrontation that took just 26 seconds. Dziekanski was unarmed and not taking hostile actions A multi-million-dollar inquiry went nowhere, and three of the four RCMP officers remain on the force Author is a CBC journalist who has covered the case since it began A journalist's detailed investigation sheds light on Robert Dziekanski's death and the inquiry and bungled prosecution that followed. Curt Petrovich, who has covered the case since it began, reveals how a few fleeting frames of video led to a frustrating search for justice tainted by ego, bias, and a desire for vengeance