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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
All Officers are told never to use choke holds or any other other techniques that will restrict breathing. This means it was excessive.
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Anytime a physical altercation occurs its a dynamic situation... The officer could have intended for a LVNR, and been out of position which caused it to be an inadvertent choke. Only that officer knows what he was intending to do. I'm not saying he didn't choke him, I'm saying it wasn't obviously intensional.
updated abc news article
From updated story...
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Policeman's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, questioned by ABC News about what constitutes an appropriate use of force, said the public should not rush to judge before the official investigation is concluded.
"At times, when officers are required to make an arrest, they must employ the use of force in order to get compliance from an individual who NYPD policy requires must be rear-cuffed for transport to a precinct," Lynch said. "Force, by its very nature, is an ugly thing to witness. Taken out of the context of what is happening, necessary force can be misinterpreted to be excessive by those who are not trained in law enforcement procedures."
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