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SAY HIS NAME. (Original Post) roamer65 May 2020 OP
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Buckeye_Democrat

(14,856 posts)
8. George Floyd.
Fri May 29, 2020, 12:46 PM
May 2020


Even prison inmates are treated more carefully.

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2012-01-31/police-guidelines-permit-techniques-that-can-kill

A technique which is sighted as a factor in so called ‘deaths in custody’ is what is known as ‘prone restraint’. It involves forcing a suspect face-down onto the floor, cuffing their hands behind their back and then putting pressure on their torso, shoulders and neck.

For example, an officer may pin the suspect’s body to the floor with a knee on their back, and another may immobilise the suspect’s head by kneeling on their neck.

In comparison, there have been only two deaths following restraint in the prison service in the last 15 years. Experts suggest this is because stricter guidelines on the use of prone restraint were introduced during the mid-1990s following a spate of restraint-related deaths in prisons.

Prison service rules now state that ‘a prisoner must never [original emphasis] be kept in the prone position with their hands held behind their back in ratchet handcuffs’.

Trailrider1951

(3,414 posts)
14. George Floyd
Fri May 29, 2020, 01:02 PM
May 2020



How many more have to die? “Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.
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