Chokeholds Are Illegal

[Crabtownboy]

How can the officer be completely innocent seeing that chokeholds are illegal in New York? The man's breathing was definitely restricted. And yet police violate this rule/law often in New York.

Despite being prohibited by the NYPD, chokeholds are still used by police throughout the city. The 1993 ban prohibits officers from applying any pressure to the neck, but a report from the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board found that judges in internal trial proceedings have weakened the definition of a chokehold, narrowing the definition to a hold that restricts breathing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/05/nyc-police-chokeholds_n_6272000.html

 

[carpro]

Choke holds are not "illegal".

They are prohibited for use by the officers of NYPD. It's a departmental policy.

 

[Crabtownboy]

Choke holds are not "illegal".

They are prohibited for use by the officers of NYPD. It's a departmental policy.

So should the officer be punished for breaking the "regulation"?

 

[carpro]

So should the officer be punished for breaking the "regulation"?

It's up to his employer.

 

[Revmitchell]

Seriously, someone wants to fixate on chokeholds?

 

[Crabtownboy]

It's up to his employer.

Chicken dodge. I ask if you think he should be punished. He violated the regulation.