Could have been worse ... in Detroit he probably would have been shot ... or, at Vancouver International, tasered to death:
Taser video shows RCMP shocked immigrant within 25 seconds of their arrival - British Columbia - CBC News
And you guys thought the Mounties were a tourist attraction
One good thing I can see about tasers is that they are usually not lethal ... unless of course there are three or four horsemen going nuts with them. And they do provide an option between beating the bark off a guy and filling him full of holes. Not surprisingly, there is a great deal of debate in my country surrounding the use of tasers, and also the question of police investigating police.