A Kamloops woman who was often in the news seeking justice for her deceased son has passed away in Poland.

Zofia Cisowski was traumatized in 2007 after travelling to Vancouver International Airport to pick up her son, only to learn that he had died on the premises.

Robert Dziekanski was confused and agitated because he couldn't speak English. Nobody helped him understand that he wanted to wait in the airport until his mother arrived. Four RCMP officers showed up, immediately Tasered him, and he didn't survive.

The Polish community Kamloops plans to hold a memorial for Cisowski next week.

Cisowski, a single mother, delivered damning testimony when she spoke to the House of Commons committee on public safety and national security on April 16, 2008.

"These RCMP officers who are expected to help people stood back and chatted as they waited for others to arrive," she told MPs. "They appeared detached, as if they had played no part in this fatal incident. This is what is truly repulsive to me.

"Why didn't they check on my son if he was passed out?" she continued. "Didn't they have a responsibility to check on my son and do what they could until the paramedics came, especially since they caused his condition?"

Her lawyer, Walter Kosteckyj, pointed out that Dziekanski was tasered with 24 seconds of the time that Mounties arrived at the airport. Yet an RCMP stated the next day that Mounties tried to communicate with him.

In fact, spokesperson Pierre Lemaitre, who later committed suicide, described Dziekanski as "combative" and the Taser was applied to "immobilize a violent man". These comments were made by the officers in statements that were later released in court.

Lemaitre's widow later sued the Mounties, alleging that the national police force refused his request to correct the information.

Cisowski's advocacy for justice led to a public inquiry led by retired B.C. Court of Appeal justice Thomas Braidwood. He concluded that Dziekanski did not bring his death upon himself.

“Despite their training, the officers approached the incident as though responding to a barroom brawl, and failed to shift gears when they realized that they were dealing with an obviously distraught traveller,” Braidwood told the media on the day that the report was released.

Cisowski was present at the time and thanked Braidwood and his staff.

"I will always be thinking of my son and the moment of his death," she said at the time.

As a result of the inquiry, the RCMP modified its policy on conducted-energy weapons and issued an apology to Cisowski for the officers' role in her death.

But Cisowski didn't give up after that, pressing for accountability for the officers involved for their testimony.

One of the constables, Kwesi Millington, and senior officer Monty Robinson were later found guilty of perjury before the Braidwood inquiry.

Millington was sentenced to 30 months in jail; Robinson received a two-year sentence. 

Two other officers who testified at the inquiry, Bill Bentley and Gerry Rundel, were each acquitted of perjury.

In 2016, Robinson, Bentley, and Rundel sued the RCMP, claiming that its negligent conduct harmed their careers.

CBC News reported that Bentley's lawsuit was settled earlier this year.

Earlier this year, Millington filed his own lawsuit against the RCMP and the provincial and federal governments, alleging that the Mounties failed to provide him with proper training. 

Therefore, Millington has alleged that they were responsible for his posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. The case has not yet gone to trial.