But it was not an illegal act by police standards, it was and is police protocol to use neck restraint.
However the presence of the drug does make that form of restraint dangerous. Unfortunately a police officer er struggling with a suspect does not have time to draw blood and wait for a toxicology report to know that the suspect has taken a powerful illegal sedative.
Assuming that form of restraint is illegal is a problem.
He did not die from cutting off blood flow to the brain, the artery that supplies blood to the brain is on the front side of the neck.
The optics were very bad, but the restraint was not.
He died from a side effect of the drugs he took that reacted to his panic of being restrained. NOT from the restraint itself.
There is a reason why that drug is illegal and this is one of the reasons.
He unintentionally died of suicide by cop, but the cop is not responsible for his illegal drug use.
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Not for nine minutes.
However the presence of the drug does make that form of restraint dangerous. Unfortunately a police officer er struggling with a suspect does not have time to draw blood and wait for a toxicology report to know that the suspect has taken a powerful illegal sedative.
A situation that police face hundreds or thousands of times each day all over the country. Yet they manage not to kill their suspect. Why couldn't these four?
Assuming that form of restraint is illegal is a problem.
I don't think it will be a problem at all. The Minneapolis Police Department will be more than happy to testify that they did not train their officers to used the restraint for more than a short period of time, certainly not for almost nine minutes. Combined with two other officers kneeling on his back. The police brass will not be friends of the officers in this trial.
He did not die from cutting off blood flow to the brain, the artery that supplies blood to the brain is on the front side of the neck.
According to the medical examiner it was a contributing factor.
He unintentionally died of suicide by cop, but the cop is not responsible for his illegal drug use.
You call it suicide. The prosecutor calls it murder. Prosecutor wins.