The public may get to see a new and clearer video next week of the Taser incident at Vancouver International Airport in October.
The RCMP has returned Paul Pritchard's video, which apparently shows the incident in which police officers Tasered a Polish immigrant after he arrived in Canada. Robert Dziekanski collapsed during the confrontation with police and died.
Meanwhile, the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has filed its own complaint about the investigation. That will allow it to investigate the way the RCMP has handled the investigation into the incident.
It will also look into the use of force by the RCMP.
"This (case) clearly has got, to say the least, a significant human interest to it. It's a very unfortunate situation that arose,'' commission chair Paul Kennedy told the Canadian Press.
"I think it is one we have to look at carefully and make sure that everything is done that can be done to address public concerns.''
But Kennedy noted the commission's investigation does not mean that the Mounties' own investigation of the incident isn't considered impartial.
The incident occurred on Oct. 14 after Dziekanski arrived at the airport from Poland. Before being allowed to enter the country he was taken to a secure part of the airport, where he was kept for as long as 10 hours.
Dziekanski spoke no English and the airport did not have an interpreter available. He became agitated, the police were called, and a confrontation occurred in which he was hit by an electric stun gun.
Pritchard says he recorded the entire incident on his video but handed over the recording to investigators, who promised to return it within 48 hours.
Then he says was told he wouldn't get it back until all probes into the incident were complete, which could take as long as two years. He threatened to sue and went to the media.
His lawyer says police have now returned the recording and it's at his office. It will be made available to Dziekanski's mother before it's released to the public.
The Canadian Press reports that she told a Kamloops television station that it's important for her to see what happened.
"Because I want to see the truth, what they did to my son,'' she said, according to the CP.
