Cops need to be trained in how to deal with people resisting arrest without killing them.
Resisting arrest is not a capital offense; stupid, sure, may get you added time to your sentence, sure, but a cop who can’t deal with an emotionally distraught, violent person without shooting them needs to be taken off the beat.
The world in 2020: if they don’t have a gun, and the cop kills them, expect riots and lawsuits, end of story. No one said it’s fair.
There is a protocol for officers who have used a neck hold. If the perp went unconscious, he is to be checked for pulse and breathing for several hours, and transported to a hospital
Of course, this might have changed in the passing of the 20 years since I was under this regulation!
Since I wrote #22, I heard on the radio news that the “Neck-Triangulating-Hold” will no longer be allowed by police.
(So it’s been in use for 20+ years).