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Oh! And then they Tasered him 30 seconds after that, which is the craziest part of the story for a whole lot of reasons. For starters, while everyone on the scene was deemed perfectly responsible enough to carry a firearm, in Toronto only a few select members of the force are allowed to carry a Taser.

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Swish that around in your head a bit. Guns for everybody, Tasers for the responsible. It's a stupid idea, and it probably cost Yatim his life. According to Forcillo's own words, he felt the situation could have been contained if only the person with the Taser arrived sooner. They didn't though, so Forcillo shot Yatim nine fucking times for having his dick out on a train.

The killing, unsurprisingly, set off a wave of protests in Toronto and throughout Canada. If there's a bright side here, it's that, unlike what's currently unfolding in the U.S., the overzealous cop in question here has actually been charged with murder ... and attempted murder. Wait, what? How is it both? Simple! There are concerns that the defense will argue and possibly prove that, in the end, it wasn't the nine bullets that killed Yatim (only eight of them hit him, after all), but instead that he died from heart failure caused by the Taser. If that happens, attempted murder could be the only option.

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That's if he's convicted at all. Nothing that has happened in recent police history anywhere on the continent of North America should give anyone a ton of hope that he will be. His trial is set for 2015. If he's found guilty and actually goes to prison for this crime, consider it a step in the right direction and hope we start seeing the same here someday. If he's not, don't be surprised if the people of Canada shed their reputation for politeness in just as dramatic a fashion as the police have over the past few years.

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