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Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
32. Yeah,
Sat May 30, 2020, 01:13 AM
May 2020

I thought choke holds were illegal now. Now, this new hold is suppose to be used ?

Been out of 911 for 15;years, I’m so behind.

Thank you empedocles May 2020 #1
I doubt policeman even knows what the carotid artery is, he was just enjoying Hoyt May 2020 #2
Policeman, in large agencies Corgigal May 2020 #4
Well, he did it wrong by using a knee. He murdered him sure as chit, Hoyt May 2020 #6
They are also trained that neck restraint is dangerous. One officer on scene even says so; overruled Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #13
Yeah, Corgigal May 2020 #32
Perhaps, but MMA is big in cop culture. Voltaire2 May 2020 #8
+1 uponit7771 May 2020 #37
K&R - that cop is an evil fuck. Murder One, dammit! (nt) scarletwoman May 2020 #3
Maybe the officer would allow kneeling on his neck Miigwech May 2020 #5
A knee on the back of the neck is not strangulation. nt live love laugh May 2020 #7
The video clearly shows George Floyd with his Voltaire2 May 2020 #10
First we've got to get the ME to give it up about "heart disease" RhodeIslandOne May 2020 #9
The preliminary autopsy reports "no physical findings that support rocktivity May 2020 #12
Irrelevant. NutmegYankee May 2020 #25
The Murder by Cop of George Lloyd on live TV Cha May 2020 #11
A Seventeen year old girl took the video lunatica May 2020 #26
❤TY, lunatica.. Cha May 2020 #27
I'm watching the coverage of many cities lunatica May 2020 #29
❤warmng that so many People are Taking to the Streets! Cha May 2020 #31
Wow! Geneva, IL ProfessorGAC May 2020 #42
Chauvin trying to "light the fuse" - time for a deep dive on his 'net history bringthePaine May 2020 #14
I agree and the other officers need to be charged with collusion. nt yaesu May 2020 #15
Someone posted that one protested the knee on the neck and was overruled. nt Blue_true May 2020 #43
this will come out in court. Protesting isn't enough when someone life is in danger yaesu May 2020 #44
Police forces are extremely hiearchical. A junior cop is low Blue_true May 2020 #45
and he felt the life ebb out of George, through his knee. it was premeditated Demonaut May 2020 #16
I think so too. Duppers May 2020 #33
Horrible. Joinfortmill May 2020 #17
murder one in my opinion. Look on his face says it all. demigoddess May 2020 #18
I don't think they can convict him based on a facial expression. totodeinhere May 2020 #30
Who said I was on the jury? demigoddess May 2020 #46
In Minnesota a Grand Jury has to return an indictment for 1st degree, the county attorney dflprincess May 2020 #19
Cops are trained, and do know force holds; so yes, Chauvin knew exactly what he was doing. ancianita May 2020 #22
Quite a few interviewed lawyers have said lunatica May 2020 #28
Any degree that gets him locked up 25yrs Duppers May 2020 #34
Thanks for your post! Even taking a carotid pulse frogmarch May 2020 #20
Exactly! He KNEW it. Duppers May 2020 #35
I had my way after conviction he'd be stuck in general pop... 47of74 May 2020 #21
black well known prosecutor says 3rd degree is best chance to ensure guilty jury certainot May 2020 #23
... Duppers May 2020 #36
+1 uponit7771 May 2020 #38
Kneeling on a suspect's throat for 15 or 30 seconds to calm down a struggling suspect can be underst keithbvadu2 May 2020 #24
Lest we forget... sheshe2 May 2020 #39
Yep! We agree. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #40
Yep. sheshe2 May 2020 #41
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