By now you've heard about the choke hold "no bill" in New York.
Again, I'm going to be on the other side of the fence with the readers here but the cop was JUST FUCKING WRONG and the grand jury was stupid. Full stop. Let me explain.
Choke holds are illegal everywhere.
Police and military use what I was taught is a lateral vascular neck restraint. When applied properly it will result in a person losing consciousness in less than 10 seconds. If applied incorrectly it will result in death. The officer obviously applied it incorrectly, there were numerous officers around that could have easily restrained the guy. The guy threw no punches and simply pulled his hands away when cops wanted to put cuffs on.
Like the coroner stated it was a homicide. A negligent homicide but a homicide none-the-less. Tell me where I'm wrong.
UPDATE: Zebra Dunn prompted me to add this to the above. Its a tidbit of what I said in the comments....
What i am saying is that the cop attempted to apply a well known martial arts/self defense move, failed badly and killed a man because he wasn't proficient. I've used the hold myself and its not difficult to apply it correctly if you've been properly trained...even against a large opponent.So let me state clearly. The cop was within his authority. He was right until he misapplied a legitimate restraint move well known in the martial arts/self defense community and killed a man. It wasn't intended. It wasn't what he wanted but a man died. That's why the cop should be charged. Not because of what he intended to do but because of what he did.
