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(09-02-2020, 10:10 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Uh, I don't recall it ever being stated that what that officer did to George Floyd was within policy.  Source?

Uh....

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/29/george-floyd-experts-say-neck-restraint-allowed-minneapolis-can-kill/5274334002/

Quote:Minneapolis is an outlier in allowing neck restraints

Most police departments in the U.S. don't allow neck restraints, said Andrew Scott, an expert witness on the use of force and former police chief of Boca Raton, Florida.


Minneapolis does. Its manual allows "compressing one or both sides of a person’s neck with an arm or leg without applying direct pressure to the trachea or airway."



That's allowed in order to control someone with "light to moderate pressure" or "with the intention of rendering the person unconscious by applying adequate pressure." The latter act is authorized only to protect officer lives with a suspect who is "actively aggressive" and cannot be controlled by lesser methods.

Scott said he's shocked that's allowed.



"I have never seen an agency in writing promote that type of force in such a critical area that is so susceptible to damage or death," Scott said, "and I’ve traveled the country and seen many use of force policies."


Tom Aveni, an ex-cop and co-founder of the Police Policy Studies Council, has trained law enforcement officers since 1983. "I have not seen anyone teach the use of a knee to the neck," he said.


Moreover, the Minneapolis Police Department's policy uses outdated terminology, Scott said. There's no such thing as a "non-deadly" force option. The proper terminology is "less-lethal," Scott said, which recognizes that force has potential to kill if misused.


"Law enforcement has realized over the years that any type of force could potentially kill somebody — even too much pepper spray," Scott said.


At police academies across the country, officers typically receive about 40 hours of training on use of force, Scott and Peters said. But officers should also go through annual training.


The Minnesota Professional Peace Officer Education System said in a statement Wednesday that the tactics seen in the video "do not appear to reflect the training that students receive."

The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis and a Minneapolis police spokesman did not respond Thursday to requests for comment.


Officer training programs became a point of tension in Minneapolis last year when Mayor Jacob Frey banned officers from taking "warrior-style" training courses, saying it encourages officers to adopt a survivalist mindset at odds with fostering community trust.


The police union said it would work with a national group to offer the training anyway, the Star-Tribune reported.