"That's your problem, right there."
Keep a carotid blood choke on anyone for more than a few seconds, and you can kill them, no problem. That's one reason that fighters tap out so quickly in MMA, and referees will do it for them—by ending the fight—if they don't.
That sort of choke, if properly done, will render anybody unconscious in just a few seconds. Maintaining any such hold significantly beyond that point is extremely dangerous, and palpably negligent.
Is this officer—who identifies his racial heritage as Colombian and Puerto Rican, and trains in Brazilian jiu jitsu—going to try and claim that the subject was still conscious during that minute? Because if that isn't the case, he's guilty of negligent manslaughter at the very least...
Some years back, 1980’s?, LA PD had a similar problem.
‘T’ shirts were being sold with phrase: “Smoke’em don’t choke’em!”.
“Stop resisting...stop resisting”
Yep. You rarely see the choke hold applied correctly in the movies and I'm grateful for that (about the only thing I am grateful to Hollywood for). It's not to be messed with. I learned it and one of its variants in Jiu Jitsu and I would NEVER put it on anyone unless it were a matter of life or death because death can occur within seconds.
Seven electric shocks wouldn't make this guy compliant? I would want to see toxicology reports before making any decisions.