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Originally Posted by kristin
Cops go through training to deal with these situations. It was also against policy to use a chokehold. So, the cop should have done what was within policy that he learned at the academy.
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I agree that the guy should have never used a chokehold as, like you said, it is against their policy.
Do you want to know what the police policy is in most situations where for is needed? In a nutshell they are taught a variety of ways to deal with people in different situations, but they are trained that if they feel they are in danger of losing an altercation or they are in (or about to be in) a physical altercation that they likely not be able to win they are authorized to use lethal force.
Now that may not apply to this particular situation, but it is why often cops who kill people don't get charged. They simply have to prove that they were afraid that they were going to lose the fight.
The reason is simple. If the cop gets knocked out the person that knocked them out now has their gun and car and everything in it. They could potentially do a hell of a lot of damage with those.