[Leaning Right]

I find fact #7 to be downright bizarre. The author seems to be saying that the cop used an illegal chokehold, but it should be excused because the chokehold was “learned in the academy.”

[Moonman62]

I find fact #7 to be downright bizarre. The author seems to be saying that the cop used an illegal chokehold, but it should be excused because the chokehold was “learned in the academy.”

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It wasn’t a chokehold. See my post #23.

[Resolute Conservative]

The hold is a carotid artery move and when applied is very effective. The problem is you learn it in the academy on a passive subject, applying it to a 350 struggling suspect is an entirely different scenario and adds many dynamics (good an bad).

[greeneyes]

What I heard explained on TV was that it looks like a choke-hold, but is part of a maneuver to use leverage to topple and bring down a person larger than the cop.

Done properly, there is less danger of injury and less pain than a taser.