Good posts Eloethan and Monica about police/ training in the US.Nothing like here, thankfully.
Iam yes, everyone is entitled to be arrested with minimum force, but if approved methods of containing and subduing a
Suspected criminal ( kneeling on the neck included) by police officers is allowed if they think the situation warrants it, then I can’t see that a jury can find him guilty, certainly not of murder. What needs to change is taking away the right for officers to do this, and substituting some other method which can’t have a lethal outcome.
Police officers in the US quite often kill unarmed suspects, in the main by shooting them.If they yell ‘stop...police!’or ‘stop or I’ll shoot’ and the suspect runs, then they do shoot.This includes suspects such as teenage shoplifters!
It all comes about, as we know from being a society where it’s legal to be armed to the teeth.
25Avalon yes, we need to know all the details, but I think that the practise of neck kneeling is always going to now and then cause death ( even if health factors are contributing to that) so they should stop doing it.Once a suspect is down, handcuffs can be used.This case is an awful one.