Completely rhetorical but how can city leaders ignore this and keep stating that they're not occupying city territory and are just watching movies and having street dances? Muh summer of love and all. Feds need to quietly infiltrate and build a case for serious charges.
Good points. Here's the verbage on the technique which amazingly permits the use with intention to render someone unconscious! Lord help us if he's found not guilty before November.
5-311 USE OF NECK RESTRAINTS AND CHOKE HOLDS (10/16/02) (08/17/07) (10/01/10) (04/16/12)
DEFINITIONS I.
Choke Hold: Deadly force option. Defined as applying direct pressure on a person’s trachea or airway (front of the neck), blocking or obstructing the airway (04/16/12)
Neck Restraint: Non-deadly force option. Defined as compressing one or both sides of a person’s neck with an arm or leg, without applying direct pressure to the trachea or airway (front of the neck). Only sworn employees who have received training from the MPD Training Unit are authorized to use neck restraints. The MPD authorizes two types of neck restraints: Conscious Neck Restraint and Unconscious Neck Restraint. (04/16/12)
Conscious Neck Restraint: The subject is placed in a neck restraint with intent to control, and not to render the subject unconscious, by only applying light to moderate pressure. (04/16/12)
Unconscious Neck Restraint: The subject is placed in a neck restraint with the intention of rendering the person unconscious by applying adequate pressure. (04/16/12)
It'll be interesting to see what the defense is. My guess is it'll come down to training and policy of the PD. They're definitely going to use this "crisis" to their advantage and setup for the next push into civil unrest.
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/policy/mpdpolicy_5-300_5-300
Gaslighting and demonizing, the usual plan of the left.