Indict a Ham sandwich but not a cop

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I was not aware that the chokehold was banned. I read that the officer said this was a technique that he was trained to do at the academy. If the chokehold is illegal then I would lean towards manslaughter.

The chokehold is banned by NYC Police department policy not by NY State Law. In retrospect the arrestee should have been tased and or maced. It was obvious he wasn't going anywhere w/o a fight and those methods would have obviously been a better choice than taking him down in a choke hold.