Taser officers should be prosecuted: Polish official

RCMP officersinvolved in the fatal Taser takedown ofaPolishimmigrant atVancouver International Airport should be prosecuted fortheir "excessively brutal and unjustified" actions,aspokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry said.

"No attempts were made to use other means to solve the situation, but from the very start the toughest means available to the police was used," RobertSzaniawski told the Associated Press.

"We want the matter clarified and we want those guilty named and prosecuted."

An eyewitness's video capturing Robert Dziekanski's deathduring anOct. 14 confrontation with fourRCMP officerswas released Wednesday and has garnered international attention from millions of viewers.

The officers' actionshave prompted widespread condemnation, including criticism fromother law enforcement officials, whohave questioned the need for a Taserunder thecircumstances shown in the video.

The 41-year-old Dziekanski, who spoke no English,died shortly after theofficersstunned him at least twice as hebehaved strangely in a secure airport waiting lounge. He had spent hours at the airportwaiting in vain to meet his mother, who had left thinking he had missed his flight.

Currently there are fourprobes underway into Dziekanski's death. The B.C. coroner, the RCMP, the public complaints commissioner for the RCMP and the Vancouver Airport Authority are all conducting their own investigations.

Szaniawski's commentscame a day after Piotr Ogrodzinski,Poland's ambassador to Canada, said his country has invitedhis Canadian counterpartin Warsaw to meet Polish officials on Monday to discussthecase.

Ogrodzinski told CBC News the Polish embassy has been flooded with e-mails and phone calls from Canadians expressing sympathy and outrage over what happened to Dziekanski.