I’m waiting for the autopsy, and other evidence to come out. However, the question I have, having worked in uniform in New York State Corrections, and having had 25 years worth of training (once each year) in restraint, and unarmed defensive tactics, was that type of restraint (putting your knee on a person’s neck to restrain them) part of the required training the police department regularly gives its uniformed employees? I have to say it was never taught to us in all the years I was an Officer/Sergeant.
I find it hard to believe that this officer was trained to apply a knee to the neck of a suspect. Especially one that is handcuffed. Dumb. But the question is, did it cause the death?