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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (25700)	11/27/2007 12:07:44 AM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219500

and this makes it even worse .... nationalpost.com

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (25700)	11/27/2007 12:11:24 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219500

Police are notoriously brutal and thuggish. They love it when somebody is a problem as they get to thump them good and proper. The man did not threaten anybody. There were 4 police, with pretty muscular-looking physiques. The taser is increasingly the first thing they use when somebody is not instantly co-operative. I wonder if they taser their disputatious children at the first sign of recalcitrance. It wasn't as though there was any emergency which required instant action. The whole terrorism drama has been a great thing for police and other authoritarians. It gives them carte blanc to really get stuck in. Watch them strutting around, ordering people here there and everywhere. They love it. So far, they have shot and killed a Brazilian electrician, an upset person in an air-bridge, a confused Canadian immigrant and no doubt others who have not been publicized. I haven't heard of an actual terrorist being stopped. I wonder what the policeman was whacking at with his baton [on the dead man in Canada]. The target of his blows wasn't evident. Maybe it was the man's throat to stop him gurgling? One would think 4 police could handle one confused immigrant who couldn't speak English a bit better than that. Mqurice

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (25700)	11/27/2007 12:14:43 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 219500

I'm a project Manager and I can detect the flaw: Lack of proper training. The officers are trained to handle certain situations. They may be trained to handle a bunch of party people who had drunk a few and are disturbing the neighbors or a fight in after midnight at a bar in a rough neighborhood. They don't know how to handle a nervous, jet lagged man who doesn't speak the language. It is the same as putting army soldiers -and officers- to control crowds. They are trained to attack people, kill and maim. Not the sort of skills required to control a riot. Advice: Airport security personal must be trained for that specific function. A major airport must have at least one person who speak an Eastern European language.