The department policy, in place for at least eight years at the time, divided permissible neck restraints into two categories, according to court filings and testimony Monday by the city police chief, Medaria Arradondo. Neck restraints were defined in the policy as a “non-deadly force option.”
One, called a “conscious neck restraint,” was for light pressure applied to the neck to help control a person without rendering unconsciousness. It was permitted for a person actively resisting.
The other was an “unconscious neck restraint,” in which officers could use their arms or legs to knock out a person by pressing carotid arteries on either side of the neck, blocking blood flow to the brain. The policy called for it to be used only for a person “exhibiting active aggression” or actively resisting when lesser attempts to control the person had failed or were likely to fail.
Police guidelines also instructed officers, at the first possible opportunity, to turn people on their sides once they were handcuffed and under control to avoid “positional asphyxia,” in which breathing becomes labored in a prone position and can lead to death.
So, you’re somewhat accurate that it was vaguely approved, however chauvin used it way longer than guidelines.
He was guilty of manslaughter. Floyd didn’t commit a crime worthy of death
True, but he was convicted of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter
“Unconscious neck restraint” will make the subject pass out in ten seconds.
It’s a restraint I was taught late in my deputy career. I was also the subject of the “unconscious neck restraint”, so I know how few seconds are involved to “tap-out”.