I was waiting for this to be brought up. I can’t speak for that police department, but in the Border Patrol seniority means a lot. A lot of the time a senior Agent will show up and take charge if something is happening that is out of the ordinary.
That does not mean that others should not prevent someone senior from breaking the law but a lot of junior guys feel like they have to oeby the senior Agents.
That does not mean that others should not prevent someone senior from breaking the law
I recall reading that you had to have special training to use the chock hold. Given their limited experience I doubt if they had completed the course and would not know what was permissible and what was not. Regardless, the police autopsy showed the guy didn’t die of because of being chocked. .