WAKE UP! I was not the one to describe Chavin's knee on GF's neck as a choke hold! That is how the entire Main Stream Media has described that ever since it happened and that is how the Police Training Manual for that county describes it. Have you been living under a rock since that event hit the news?
GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE! A knee abutting a neck doesn't yield a "chokehold." Here's a dictionary definition of "chokehold": "a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind" https://www.dictionary.com/browse/chokehold
The Minneapolis cops didn't do anything like that; there was no encircling of Floyd's neck. What Chauvin et al. were doing was applying the Maximal Restraint Technique, which you can read about in section 5-316 here: https://lawofselfdefense.com/statute/minneapolis-pd-use-of-force-policies/ , last updated in April 2018. There's another section (5-311; very brief) on chokeholds in that page, but Chauvin clearly wasn't doing that.
I certainly haven't been living under a rock, but you've apparently been living in an echo chamber of your own devise "since that event hit the news."
Have you read today's article by Dr. Kory? It is titled George Floyd's Death - Response to Comments and was posted at 12:49 pm today.
If you can read and understand it you will learn that what you think was the cause of GF's death, was not the cause of GF's death.
Perhaps, unless you have an equivalent training and experience in medicine as Dr. Kory has, you can learn something by carefully reading his post today.
You might also learn that my training and experience allowed me to understand the cause of GF's death and that iIagreed with Dr.Kory's analysis yesterday before I read today's article by Dr. Kory.
I can see you did not read carefully Dr. Kory's post and that you have no idea that there is more than one way to choke someone to death.
The human trachea is not totally surrounded by cartilage, pressure placed on the back of the neck can push the cervical bones into the fleshy portion of the trachea and close off the windpipe and choke a person.
This FACT has been known for well over a century and one of the techniques taught the special forces of more than just the US as a way to take out an enemy guard without him being able to cry for help or do anything else to warn his fellow soldiers there are enemy soldiers around is to sneak up behind, push his head down onto his chest while simultaneously putting pressure on the back of the neck. FYI, there arm in this technique is not anywhere the front of the victim's neck. Find a special forces soldier sometime and ask them to demonstrate it on you. Then you will understand. Special Forces are taught this technique because all soldiers are trained to turn their head to the side if they feel an arm coming around their neck from the back, this allows them to place their chin in the bend of the enemy's elbow which prevents the enemy from choking them. All soldiers are also taught multiple methods of getting out of this failed attempt to choke them once they have their chin in the bend of their enemy's elbow..
By the way, a choke hold can be any method of closing off the windpipe or reducing the area such that the victim can not get enough air/oxygen to remain alive.
It is apparent you have some knowledge, but not a complete knowledge of all the ways to choke a person. You are probably young and determined to succeed in your endeavors. You sound a lot like me and several of my friends some 40 plus years ago. We thought we knew it all and we found out differently.
Take a deep breath and learn from those who have gone before you.
It's bizarre that you'd describe how Chauvin used his knee to prevent Floyd from rising as a "chokehold."
Paul137,
WAKE UP! I was not the one to describe Chavin's knee on GF's neck as a choke hold! That is how the entire Main Stream Media has described that ever since it happened and that is how the Police Training Manual for that county describes it. Have you been living under a rock since that event hit the news?
Bitterroot Services,
GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE! A knee abutting a neck doesn't yield a "chokehold." Here's a dictionary definition of "chokehold": "a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind" https://www.dictionary.com/browse/chokehold
The Minneapolis cops didn't do anything like that; there was no encircling of Floyd's neck. What Chauvin et al. were doing was applying the Maximal Restraint Technique, which you can read about in section 5-316 here: https://lawofselfdefense.com/statute/minneapolis-pd-use-of-force-policies/ , last updated in April 2018. There's another section (5-311; very brief) on chokeholds in that page, but Chauvin clearly wasn't doing that.
I certainly haven't been living under a rock, but you've apparently been living in an echo chamber of your own devise "since that event hit the news."
Paul137,
Have you read today's article by Dr. Kory? It is titled George Floyd's Death - Response to Comments and was posted at 12:49 pm today.
If you can read and understand it you will learn that what you think was the cause of GF's death, was not the cause of GF's death.
Perhaps, unless you have an equivalent training and experience in medicine as Dr. Kory has, you can learn something by carefully reading his post today.
You might also learn that my training and experience allowed me to understand the cause of GF's death and that iIagreed with Dr.Kory's analysis yesterday before I read today's article by Dr. Kory.
Paul 137,
I can see you did not read carefully Dr. Kory's post and that you have no idea that there is more than one way to choke someone to death.
The human trachea is not totally surrounded by cartilage, pressure placed on the back of the neck can push the cervical bones into the fleshy portion of the trachea and close off the windpipe and choke a person.
This FACT has been known for well over a century and one of the techniques taught the special forces of more than just the US as a way to take out an enemy guard without him being able to cry for help or do anything else to warn his fellow soldiers there are enemy soldiers around is to sneak up behind, push his head down onto his chest while simultaneously putting pressure on the back of the neck. FYI, there arm in this technique is not anywhere the front of the victim's neck. Find a special forces soldier sometime and ask them to demonstrate it on you. Then you will understand. Special Forces are taught this technique because all soldiers are trained to turn their head to the side if they feel an arm coming around their neck from the back, this allows them to place their chin in the bend of the enemy's elbow which prevents the enemy from choking them. All soldiers are also taught multiple methods of getting out of this failed attempt to choke them once they have their chin in the bend of their enemy's elbow..
By the way, a choke hold can be any method of closing off the windpipe or reducing the area such that the victim can not get enough air/oxygen to remain alive.
It is apparent you have some knowledge, but not a complete knowledge of all the ways to choke a person. You are probably young and determined to succeed in your endeavors. You sound a lot like me and several of my friends some 40 plus years ago. We thought we knew it all and we found out differently.
Take a deep breath and learn from those who have gone before you.