A report released by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police determined that the death of a Polish man in a Vancouver airport was due to unnecessary police response.

The man arrived from Poland in October of 2007. On arrival, he was parted from his mother, who is was traveling with at the time, and found himself in a Vancouver terminal without the ability to speak English or find anyone who could help him translate his worries. After 10 hours working through customs officials, the man realized that he was without any help in the international terminal. He began to throw furniture after not getting any assistance.

Police arrived expecting a routine call of a drunken man causing trouble. Before sufficiently trying to dissuade the man from further destructive actions, one of the officers fired his taser. Video footage reveals that the current in the device was fired through the man five times, several being after he had collapsed to the ground.

Although acquitted from criminal charges, the police involved were not free of blame in the incident.