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Robert Dziekanski: RCMP Taser

Monty Robinson Dept: Cpl. Monty Robinson is facing a second round of high-profile accusations: A year before the motorcycle accident, Robinson was the senior officer among the four Mounties who approached a Polish immigrant at Vancouver's airport, a confrontation that left Robert Dziekanski dead after he was zapped with an RCMP Taser, according to CBC. "She ought to have warned him," Crossin said of Const. Sarah Swallow, the Delta, B.C. police officer who arrested Robinson and the lawyer for an off-duty RCMP officer accused of obstructing justice by leaving the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident and then pounding back two shots of vodka to "calm his nerves" is arguing testimony about the officer's statement should be disallowed. Robinson's lawyer, David Crossin, argued Tuesday testimony by the officer that arrested Robinson at the scene of the motorcycle accident should not be considered by the judge hearing the case because Robinson hadn't been notified of his right to legal counsel before telling her about the vodka. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.