A journalist’s detailed investigation sheds light on Robert Dziekanski’s death and the inquiry and bungled prosecution that followed. Curt Petrovich, who has covered the case since it began, reveals how a few fleeting frames of video led to a frustrating search for justice tainted by ego, bias, and a desire for vengeance. Read More
A journalist’s detailed investigation sheds light on Robert Dziekanski’s death and the inquiry and bungled prosecution that followed. Curt Petrovich, who has covered the case since it began, reveals how a few fleeting frames of video led to a frustrating search for justice tainted by ego, bias, and a desire for vengeance. Read More
A few fleeting seconds, captured on video, led to a frustrating search for justice tainted by ego, bias, and a desire for vengeance.
Images of Robert Dziekanski convulsing after being shocked by a Mountie’s Taser went viral in 2007. International outrage and domestic shame followed the release of that painful video. It had taken just twenty-six seconds for four Mounties to surround and stun the Polish would-be immigrant at Vancouver International Airport.
A decade later, after millions of dollars spent on an inquiry, and bungled prosecutions laden with bias and interference, the tragic impact of those fleeting seconds on the people involved — Dziekanski's mother and the four Mounties — is at last revealed.
Details
Price: $20.99
Pages: 360
Carton Quantity: 28
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date: 5th February 2019
Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
ISBN: 9781459742932
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRUE CRIME / Murder / General LAW / Judicial Power POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
Reviews
Everybody thinks they know what happened when Robert Dziekanski died while being arrested by RCMP officers at the Vancouver airport in a Taser incident caught on video that went viral. But Curt Petrovich does the courageous thing that all good journalists do: He doesn't accept the official story, he digs for the uncomfortable truths and he forces us to question our assumptions and our faith in the justice system. You don't have to agree with all his conclusions to marvel at his detective work, his gripping storytelling and his compassion for all those involved. You will come away from the book shaken and enraged.
- Julian Sher, author of Until you are Dead: Steven Truscott's Long Ride into History and The Road to Hell
Impeccable journalism; vivid narrative; Curt Petrovich takes us behind the scenes in a ten-year legal saga to reveal how the justice system can abandon basic principles of justice when political and bureaucratic interests are on the line.
- Linden MacIntyre, journalist and author of The Bishop's Man
With the trained eye of a veteran journalist, Curt Petrovich deconstructs the infamous Taser incident at Vancouver airport in 2007 and discovers surprising facts about how it affected everyone involved. Whether you agree with his conclusions or not, you will find it difficult to put this book down.
Petrovich’s many years as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are evident in this expertly-spun narrative that is never dull or overloaded with too much detail. He has taken an incredible amount of material and organized it into a highly readable book that is both insightful and at times incredulous (that two of the RCMP officers were found guilty of perjury while the other two were not).
- Bonnie Reilly Schmidt, The Ormsby
Author Bio
Curt Petrovich is an investigative journalist with over three decades of experience reporting on national and international stories for the CBC. He has followed the case of Robert Dziekanski since he was was declared dead on October 14, 2007. Curt lives in Vancouver.
A few fleeting seconds, captured on video, led to a frustrating search for justice tainted by ego, bias, and a desire for vengeance.
Images of Robert Dziekanski convulsing after being shocked by a Mountie’s Taser went viral in 2007. International outrage and domestic shame followed the release of that painful video. It had taken just twenty-six seconds for four Mounties to surround and stun the Polish would-be immigrant at Vancouver International Airport.
A decade later, after millions of dollars spent on an inquiry, and bungled prosecutions laden with bias and interference, the tragic impact of those fleeting seconds on the people involved — Dziekanski's mother and the four Mounties — is at last revealed.
Price: $20.99
Pages: 360
Carton Quantity: 28
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date: 5th February 2019
Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
ISBN: 9781459742932
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRUE CRIME / Murder / General LAW / Judicial Power POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
Everybody thinks they know what happened when Robert Dziekanski died while being arrested by RCMP officers at the Vancouver airport in a Taser incident caught on video that went viral. But Curt Petrovich does the courageous thing that all good journalists do: He doesn't accept the official story, he digs for the uncomfortable truths and he forces us to question our assumptions and our faith in the justice system. You don't have to agree with all his conclusions to marvel at his detective work, his gripping storytelling and his compassion for all those involved. You will come away from the book shaken and enraged.
– Julian Sher, author of Until you are Dead: Steven Truscott's Long Ride into History and The Road to Hell
Impeccable journalism; vivid narrative; Curt Petrovich takes us behind the scenes in a ten-year legal saga to reveal how the justice system can abandon basic principles of justice when political and bureaucratic interests are on the line.
– Linden MacIntyre, journalist and author of The Bishop's Man
With the trained eye of a veteran journalist, Curt Petrovich deconstructs the infamous Taser incident at Vancouver airport in 2007 and discovers surprising facts about how it affected everyone involved. Whether you agree with his conclusions or not, you will find it difficult to put this book down.
Petrovich’s many years as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are evident in this expertly-spun narrative that is never dull or overloaded with too much detail. He has taken an incredible amount of material and organized it into a highly readable book that is both insightful and at times incredulous (that two of the RCMP officers were found guilty of perjury while the other two were not).
– Bonnie Reilly Schmidt, The Ormsby
Curt Petrovich is an investigative journalist with over three decades of experience reporting on national and international stories for the CBC. He has followed the case of Robert Dziekanski since he was was declared dead on October 14, 2007. Curt lives in Vancouver.
