It was a trained police technique that was used in Mpls and around the world before Floyd.
Explainer: Was officer's knee on Floyd's neck authorized?
At the time of his May 25 arrest, the neck restraint that Derek Chauvin used was permitted under Police Department policy — provided certain guidelines and conditions were followed. Prosecutors say even if Chauvin's knee on George Floyd's neck was OK by policy, it wasn't OK to pin him for 9...www.mprnews.org
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The department policy, in place for at least eight years at the time, divided permissible neck restraints into two categories, according to court filings and testimony Monday by the city police chief, Medaria Arradondo. Neck restraints were defined in the policy as a “non-deadly force option.”
One, called a “conscious neck restraint,” was for light pressure applied to the neck to help control a person without rendering unconsciousness. It was permitted for a person actively resisting.
The other was an “unconscious neck restraint,” in which officers could use their arms or legs to knock out a person by pressing carotid arteries on either side of the neck, blocking blood flow to the brain. The policy called for it to be used only for a person “exhibiting active aggression” or actively resisting when lesser attempts to control the person had failed or were likely to fail.
There was no murder of Floyd
Is it your contention that Floyd was “exhibiting active aggression” for the 9 minutes Chauvin had a knee to his neck?It was a trained police technique that was used in Mpls and around the world before Floyd.
Explainer: Was officer's knee on Floyd's neck authorized?
At the time of his May 25 arrest, the neck restraint that Derek Chauvin used was permitted under Police Department policy — provided certain guidelines and conditions were followed. Prosecutors say even if Chauvin's knee on George Floyd's neck was OK by policy, it wasn't OK to pin him for 9...
From link...
The department policy, in place for at least eight years at the time, divided permissible neck restraints into two categories, according to court filings and testimony Monday by the city police chief, Medaria Arradondo. Neck restraints were defined in the policy as a “non-deadly force option.”
One, called a “conscious neck restraint,” was for light pressure applied to the neck to help control a person without rendering unconsciousness. It was permitted for a person actively resisting.
The other was an “unconscious neck restraint,” in which officers could use their arms or legs to knock out a person by pressing carotid arteries on either side of the neck, blocking blood flow to the brain. The policy called for it to be used only for a person “exhibiting active aggression” or actively resisting when lesser attempts to control the person had failed or were likely to fail.
There was no murder of Floyd
That happens before the restraint part.
I was not there and neither were you, but the jury saw that video and more, coming to the conclusion of convicting him of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. I was brought up to respect the law, and the judgment of juries. So, you are making a plea to the wrong guy.
Do you think that resistance at any time justifies the use of that type of restraint indefinitely?
'I can't breathe': Man dies after pleading with officer during Minneapolis detainment
"What we saw was horrible, completely and utterly messed up," Mayor Jacob Frey said of video of the incident. "I believe what I saw, and what I saw was wrong at every level."www.nbcnews.com
Apparently the law enforcement community felt so. All over the world.
They used a second autopsy to fit the agenda.
No, simply pressing his knee restricting respiration and blood flow by Chauvin's weight pressing down, until dead. Not much getting around the video with sound.
Chauvin is white male.
