“You don’t have to sit there with your knee on his neck,” exclaimed a bystander off-camera, addressing the officer in language salted with expletives. The manual of the Minneapolis Police Department states that neck restraints and chokeholds are basically reserved for when an officer feels caught in a life-or-death situation. Both positions — the knee on the neck and lying face down — run the risk of cutting off someone’s oxygen supply. Department records, however, show that such restraint techniques have continued to be used in Minneapolis, although they are sometimes called by different names. The technique was used against African Americans far more than others, the records show.

Source: bd News24 May 29, 2020 14:48 UTC