The author is leaving out the important information that restraint in prone positioning during excited delirium is also associated with higher death rates.
And he knows damn well that Chauvin’s “technique” contributed to the Floyd’s death because he was doing it wrong.
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A hindsight opinion in based on presumption that cops should be expected to know what’s in medical journals. Anyway, who would be responsible for teaching these nuances to the cops? President Trump?
Law Enforcement use of force training has been teaching about this for 15 years or more and it’s in the MPD manual.
So Chauvin is presumed to know that prone restraint is dangerous. One of the officers actually is heard asking about repositioning because of ExD and is brushed off.
It’s not hindsight to recognize failure to follow training protocol.