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xmas74

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37. I don't think that they didn't have the strength.

Tue Apr 2, 2019, 02:58 AM

Apr 2019

They just didn't use proper technique or anything even closely resembling it. I've done plenty of takedowns over the years-once upon a time they were three man until many mental institutions got rid of the three man with the third on legs. (As a 5'2, 112lb woman in my early 20's I was usually on the legs because I regularly worked my lower body and could squat longer than the other staff. Those were the days.) Most now do a two man hold with pivots. Learn the technique and it's not that hard. More than anything the male jailer was in the way.

With that many people already in the cell there was no way they could ever properly implement a hold or a takedown. They didn't have the room for it. I'm not really sure why they were doing it in the first place. He seemed secure in his holding cell.

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A mentally ill man made noise in his cell... [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2019 OP

I thought choke holds were banned . N/T flotsam Mar 2019 #1

That officer needs to be fired janterry Mar 2019 #2

Before they were finished (the original male had been kneeing him), 3 more men rushed in there.n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #21

I don't think that they didn't have the strength. xmas74 Apr 2019 #37

That was a swat team janterry Apr 2019 #38

It still goes back to the other poster saying the women didn't have the strength xmas74 Apr 2019 #40

This is a crime against humanity malaise Mar 2019 #3

He was in a cell. Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #4

That's the first thing that came to my mind too! WTF???? Quixote1818 Mar 2019 #16

Jebus. Other than just not falling to the ground, he wasn't resisting. marble falls Mar 2019 #5

I think if cops come INTO your cell to beat you up and torture you, you have every right to resist Quixote1818 Mar 2019 #17

And it looked like a padded cell, too. Everybody knew he was ill. And then in the end ... marble falls Mar 2019 #18

What were the flashes of blue light? Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #6

I think tazers? janterry Mar 2019 #9

I wondered if someone was clobbering him with a flashlight which went on accidentally. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #19

Reading at the link provided by janterry, he was tazed several times as well as beaten. Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #26

Looks like the aftermath involved justice janterry Mar 2019 #7

oh good! Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #8

from the article: awarded 1.4 million, three were fired Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #11

Sounds like he got $240,000.00 out of 1.4 million? bluestarone Mar 2019 #20

thanks for the link Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #34

Did the man become mentally ill before or after he was put in that cell? defacto7 Mar 2019 #10

They didn't seem to have any purpose other than punching him. demigoddess Mar 2019 #12

there is no they. it was one person Kurt V. Mar 2019 #33

they- the authorities. they-the people that let all those people beat him. demigoddess Apr 2019 #36

A mentally ill man made noise in front of the entire country scrutineer Mar 2019 #13

Za-zinnng!!! Geechie Mar 2019 #23

My psychotic son was restrained and tazed twice. Thunderbeast Mar 2019 #14

My son with autism has had these meltdown where we've had to 5150 him kimbutgar Mar 2019 #15

This happens all the time to the mentally ill in police custody SHRED Mar 2019 #22

The most disturbing part of all is.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #28

This country gave up on the mentally ill warmfeet Mar 2019 #24

Yes. Yes. Yes.nt zentrum Mar 2019 #25

Did anyone see any "good Cops" in that video? n/t spike jones Mar 2019 #27

i did . 3 women. that guy was out of control Kurt V. Mar 2019 #30

I assume the "mentally ill" ones were the crowd that rushed into the room to beat on the poor guy. world wide wally Mar 2019 #29

I give up. 47of74 Mar 2019 #31

Watch that again. 1 man, completely out of control, while 3 women have to intervene. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #32

Intervene? LanternWaste Apr 2019 #41

So one of the female officers is saying, "get on the ground, get on the ground' Akacia Mar 2019 #35

Mentally ill, he shouldn't be in a cell Raine Apr 2019 #39