And by the time he displays the weapon and someone responds, someone may have died.
The Marine did not know if he was armed or not, but your point kind of defeats your argument. The chokehold is designed to INCAPACITATE someone, not to kill him. If he died as a result, I doubt that was the Marine's intent.
Besides, the way the article was written is typical of how the MSM paints the perps as victims. More needs to come out about this situation but to count on accurate reporting out of the MSM, when it involves a white guy, a Marine, no less, and a dead black vagrant, I'll wait.
“The chokehold is designed to INCAPACITATE someone, not to kill him.”
It can be used for both. Maybe the marine was only taught the latter version.
You have demonstrated that you have no idea how the law actually works. Which is fine, but I’m not going to waste my time talking if you think everyone charged in the death of another person has to have intent. And your other point that you can kill someone because they may or may not be armed is really strange. You’re basically saying that if someone starts yelling nonsense in public someone can put then in a deadly chokehold for 15 minutes until they die simply because they MIGHT be armed. Very strange.
“The chokehold is designed to INCAPACITATE someone, not to kill him. If he died as a result, I doubt that was the Marine’s intent.”
No, it’s definitely designed to kill someone if you keep it up for 15 minutes.