(December 3, 2014 at 11:39 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(December 3, 2014 at 8:43 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Don't know, but NYPD forbids the use of choke holds for very good reason. I don't know much about the background of this story, but on the surface it sounds like the suspect wasn't resisting (any more than anyone deprived of oxygen would). I'll note that it appears pretty hard to get an indictment of a cop for an on-duty incident - even when department policy is violated and someone dies as a result.
It is hard to get an indictment because the legal standard for a cop really is different than for the rest of us. Varies from state to state but often reckless action, not merely negligent is required, and in addition to self defense you get reasonably prevent escape and so on and so on. Some of these standards are necessary to let cops do their jobs which do involve dealing with violent people, but others are not.
In short - "Some animals are more equal than others."
