Wrong:
The Unconscious Neck Restraint shall only be applied in the following circumstances:
On a subject who is exhibiting active aggression, or;
For life saving purposes, or;
On a subject who is exhibiting active resistance in order to gain control of the subject; and if lesser attempts at control have been or would likely be ineffective.
Neck restraints shall not be used against subjects who are passively resisting as defined by policy.
“It is a control technique, so you can make sure that if you control the head, you can control the rest of the body,” Masson explained. “But of course, there are parameters on that. We do a light pressure on there, just enough to stop the threat and we also make sure that, of course, the person isn’t going to be harmed in any way.”
We do not know a cause of death, or how much pressure Chauvin was applying.
Find one police protocol that shows the use of a knee on a neck. Find one.
You don’t need a freaking autopsy to have common sense and see what happened.
This prick is going to prison for the rest of his life.
And he deserves every hour of it.
I have several LEOs in my family and they are disgusted at this loser. He makes it so much harder for the 99% good cops out there.
Did you read the article you used ?
“ “As soon as you hear somebody can’t breathe, you need to ask for medical attention, change your positioning change to see what’s going on,” Masson said.
Masson said MPD also does not typically teach the “knee on neck” technique and instead teaches “knee into shoulder blades” as a restraint tactic.”