09-02-2020, 10:40 PM
(09-02-2020, 10:34 PM)Benton Wrote: "The manual of the Minneapolis Police Department states that neck restraints and chokeholds are basically reserved for when an officer feels caught in a life-or-death situation. There was no apparent threat of that nature in Mr. Floyd’s detention."
From a nyt article. On my phone, I'll try to link later. From that and other articles,standing on someone's neck is in policy, but leaves that giant gray area of "when they feel threatened."
Thank you, this was much more informative than that provided above. Seeing as how he was on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, Floyd hadn't resisted for some time and he had three officers backing him up I'd say this restraint was not covered by policy.
Noe one has yet covered my question though, what police official, or other official, made the assertion that the Floyd restrain was within policy?
