Video from Saturday’s protest in downtown Columbia shows three police officers taking a man into custody, with one officer’s knee placed against the man’s upper neck.
It’s unclear whether the officer’s knee was placed in inadvertently or intentionally. Columbia police arrested the man after a curfew was put into place to break up protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The State asked the Columbia Police Department if its officers are allowed to place their knees to the neck of a person being detained. The State also asked if the officer in the photo is being investigated. https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article243263231.html
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6-5 Normally it can take months to get body-camera footage from the Spokane Police Department, as the request winds its way through a lengthy public records and redaction process. But after the Inlander and other media outlets reported on photos of a Spokane Police officer's knee on the neck of a suspect — an echo of the image showing a Minneapolis Police officer kneeling on the neck of 46-year-old George Floyd, killing him — the Spokane Police Department rushed to get the footage out.
https://www.inlander.com/spokane/spd-rapidly-releases-body-camera-footage-of-knee-on-neck-arrest-promises-training-changes/Content?oid=19722441
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6-5-20 Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the California Legislature’s black and Latino caucuses called for a statewide ban on carotid holds, which involve putting pressure on the sides of a person’s neck to restrict blood flow.
6-5 Normally it can take months to get body-camera footage from the Spokane Police Department, as the request winds its way through a lengthy public records and redaction process. But after the Inlander and other media outlets reported on photos of a Spokane Police officer's knee on the neck of a suspect — an echo of the image showing a Minneapolis Police officer kneeling on the neck of 46-year-old George Floyd, killing him — the Spokane Police Department rushed to get the footage out.
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6-5-20 Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the California Legislature’s black and Latino caucuses called for a statewide ban on carotid holds, which involve putting pressure on the sides of a person’s neck to restrict blood flow.
The move followed widespread protests that prompted more than a dozen law enforcement agencies in California — including the San Diego police and sheriff’s departments — to announce in recent days that they would stop officers from using carotid neck restraints....
The city of Minneapolis agreed Friday to ban the use of all chokeholds, including neck restraints....The Los Angeles Police Commission severely restricted its use in 1982 after the deaths of a dozen black men and then-LAPD Chief Daryl Gates’ notorious comment that African Americans were dying because the “veins or arteries of blacks do not open up as fast as they do in normal people.”
A Times analysis of California Department of Justice data found that law enforcement around the state reported officers seriously injuring 103 people while using carotid neck restraints from 2016 through 2018. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department led the state with 21 carotid restraints that resulted in serious injury, according to LA Times’ data analysis.
Two people were killed and 91 were left unconscious. Black people, who compose about 6.5% of California’s population, made up 23% of people injured by neck restraints. White people accounted for 33% of the incidents and Latinos 38%.
San Diego’s city police had resisted calls to ban carotid holds as recently as last year, saying the technique was used safely hundreds of times....But Police Chief David Nisleit said this week that he would stop the use of the neck holds immediately. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-05/george-floyd-carotid-neck-hold-police
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6-2-20 The Sarasota, FL Police Department issued a statement Monday saying it was tagged in a social media post showing “a portion of a video” of an arrest of Patrick Carroll, a black 27-year-old Sarasota man who was later charged with felony possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. He was also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and domestic violence. DiPino put the male officer, who has not yet been identified, on leave after viewing the videos. “Chief DiPino was disturbed to see an officer kneeling on the head and neck of an individual in the video,” SPD said in an emailed statement. “While it appears the officer eventually moves his leg to the individual’s back, this tactic is not taught, used or advocated by our agency.” https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/02/florida-cop-put-leave-after-kneeling-black-man-neck/5316748002/
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Tony Timpa wailed and pleaded for help more than 30 times as Dallas police officers pinned his shoulders, knees and neck to the ground.
“You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me!”
After Timpa fell unconscious, the officers who had him in handcuffs assumed he was asleep and didn’t confirm that he was breathing or feel for a pulse....The News obtained Dallas Police Department body camera footage after a three-year fight for records related to Timpa's death. A federal judge ruled Monday in favor of a motion by The News and NBC5 to release records from his death, saying "the public has a compelling interest in understanding what truly took place during a fatal exchange between a citizen and law enforcement."
Timpa called 911 on Aug. 10, 2016, from the parking lot of a Dallas porn store, saying he was afraid and needed help. He told a dispatcher he suffered from schizophrenia and depression and was off his prescription medication. The News first reported Timpa's death in a 2017 investigation that showed Dallas police refused to say how a man who had called 911 for help ended up dead. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2019/07/31/you-re-gonna-kill-me-dallas-police-body-cam-footage-reveals-the-final-minutes-of-tony-timpa-s-life/
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