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He became agitated over time. Per the Braidwood inquiry final report, people in the area described his behaviour as upset, nervous, angry, distraught, and bizarre. At one point, Dziekanski was seen smashing a small folding table against a glass wall and breaking a computer on the floor in frustration. After someone called 911, the Mounties came. Dziekanski died within minutes of being Tasered, subdued, and handcuffed.

Canada Goose Outlet Since that day in October 2007, the fallout has continued, largely in the form of battles behind courthouse doors. All four Mounties at the scene of Dziekanski’s death were charged with perjury: two were acquitted and two were convicted. Canada Goose Outlet

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Lemaitre, the force’s media spokesperson in the tense canada goose coats uk days after Dziekanski’s death, took his own life on July 29, 2013. A lawsuit filed by his widow alleged the RCMP used him as a scapegoat and disregarded the consequences for his mental health. In her statement of claim, Sheila quotes her husband own concerns canada goose jacket outlet uk about his mental health: don want to die. days after Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre killed himself, his wife Sheila Lemaitre who, according the suit statement of claim,says the Mounties commandeered control over her husband’s funeral from her remembers a phone call from a senior Mountie. She says that he told her:

«What was done to Pierre was done for the good of the Force.»

canada goose clearance sale The RCMP did not answer questions from Global about the Lemaitre lawsuit. For three days after Dziekanski’s death, as the story spread and reporters clamored for comment, it was Lemaitre repeating the information investigators relayed to him whose face the public saw. canada goose clearance sale

canada goose coats on sale When Sheila filed the lawsuit, an RCMP spokesman said it wouldn’t be appropriate to make any official comment on a matter that is subject to a civil proceeding. Earlier this year, the RCMP settled Sheila’s canada goose outlet new york city lawsuit, though her lawyer said the terms are bound by a strict nondisclosure agreement. On Monday, the scheduled culmination of the legal proceedings surrounding Lemaitre’s death is set to begin. canada goose coats on sale

Per numerous media reports from the days after the Tasering, it was Lemaitre who told them goose outlet canada only three Mounties were on the scene, when in fact there were four; Lemaitre who said the reason police used Tasers, not pepper spray, was because there were many people nearby, when in reality there were not; Lemaitre who stated the Mounties had only Tasered Dziekanski twice, when in fact they had Tasered him five times.

Lemaitre had told reporters that Dziekanski canada goose outlet in toronto «could have left the airport any time he wanted,» but soon he learned the truth. Though «anxious to set the public record straight,» reads his wife’s statement of claim, he was forbidden by his superiors to do so.

WATCH: Pierre Lemaitre on the stand at Braidwood Inquiry (April 2009)

Canada Goose online Two years later, in 2009, the Mounties did publicly apologize for those inaccuracies but by then, Lemaitre was a traffic cop. As his wife Sheila herself a former Mountie would later contend in court documents, Lemaitre had been demoted, transferred and isolated by his peers. She said it wasn’t canada goose outlet factory the first time he’d been similarly punished. Canada Goose online

Sometime after his demotion, but before he was medically discharged in February 2013, Lemaitre was granted a pension through Veterans Affairs for PTSD. Then, he killed himself. Six years of being the Mounties’ scapegoat in the high profile death had undone not only his lengthy career, his wife contended, but also his mental health.

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«I had to say, ‘I’ve been there mentally and try not to take it personally’ because you can’t even express how dark it can get.»

The province’s chief coroner ordered the inquest into the suicide because of the public interest in the case, says Andy Watson, canada goose outlet spokesman for the coroner’s office. Typically, he says, the coroner will decide to call an inquest in a case where one canada goose outlet orlando is not mandated when they see «a pattern or we see a dangerous practice or weezer-online.com circumstance emerging.»

canada goose clearance The RCMP did not answer questions from Global about Mountie suicides or members of the force with PTSD. canada goose clearance

Lemaitre was a 28 year veteran of the RCMP. Former Mounties, like Fox, who’ve fought their own battles with the canada goose outlet in canada force say they will be watching. Watson says he expects the inquest will focus on PTSD, which Lemaitre and other first responders have or do still suffer from. Although Watson says he doesn’t want to speak prematurely on the outcome of the Lemaitre inquest, the goal is death prevention.

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