By Allan Dowd – Thu Apr 1, 4:56 pm ET
RICHMOND, British Columbia (Reuters) – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police apologized on Thursday for the death of a Polish man in a stun-gun incident that drew world attention and shook public confidence in the iconic police force.
The apology came as part of an out-of-court settlement with the mother of Robert Dziekanski, who died in an October 2007 confrontation at Vancouver International Airport hours after he had arrived in Canada as a new immigrant.
"Your son arrived from Poland eager to begin a new life here in Canada. We are deeply sorry he did not have that opportunity," RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass told Zofia Cisowski, who sat beside him at a news conference.
Financial terms of the settlement were not released.
