ok well, then imo the manual about knees on the neck and how to take care of a subdued perp need to change.
Maybe .. but what if we find out the mild knee-to-neck procedure simply didn't choke off one of the two carotid arteries?
What if we eventually learn Floyd died of a multiple drug overdose coupled with his serious heart condition coupled with his heightened anxiety for having been caught in the act of committing a crime and apprehended?
If a police department sanctioned maneuver to subdue a suspect exists to prevent harm to both the suspect and the officers, it's likely already been cleared to be
non-fatal.
Even if Chauvin accidentally pressed too hard and it shut off the flow of blood to the carotid artery on that that side of Floyd's neck, the redundant function carotid artery on the other side of Floyd's neck simply would not have been shut off and would have continued to function, supplying blood to the same places in the brain as the other artery does.
I think the knee-to-neck procedure is being way erroneously presented by BLM and the left. It functions to help with the restraint of the suspect, mostly by discouraging the suspect.
The other two officers were holding Floyd down and this had a discouraging effect too -- they didn't have to hold him down hard, and they didn't.
While they waited for the ambulance, because Floyd clearly exhibited erratic behavior possibly caused by a drug overdose that needed medical attention, the "invisible" killer, the multiple drug overdose, Floyd's serious heart condition, and Floyd's heightened anxiety, is what likely killed him.
But Chauvin and the knee-to-neck procedure are caught in all the cellphone videos, not the actual "invisible" killer.
And this gives both Chauvin and the police department's knee-to-neck procedure a false description and assessment.
I think the knee-to-neck procedure should be retained until it's proven that the procedure itself is potentially fatal.