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Kwesi Millington Perjury Conviction and Robert Dziekanski

Robert Dziekanski: Const. Kwesi Millington perjury conviction comes more than seven years after Dziekanski fatal confrontation with police, which stained the image of the and led to sweeping changes to how officers across the country use Tasers, according to CTV. The officers, who were never charged for their actions on the night of Dziekanski death, were compelled to explain what happened at a subsequent public inquiry, and all four were later charged with perjury and - The officer who stunned Robert Dziekanski with a Taser at Vancouver airport lied at a public inquiry, a judge ruled Friday, marking the first guilty verdict of any kind related to the Polish immigrant death. Millington was among four Mounties summoned to Vancouver airport in October 2007 after Dziekanski, who spoke no English, started throwing furniture in the international terminal. Millington fired his Taser less than a minute after arriving. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.