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    7 months ago

    At one point the officer jokes: “I’ve always wanted to be in a bar fight. I don’t know if this counts.”

    A few things to unpack, right there

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    7 months ago

    But what if one time they are lying about not being able to breathe and we let them up for a second and then it turns out they really could breathe but just lied… what about the horrible ramifications of that… we wouldn’t want them to have had a single moment of slight relief if it turns out they were just lying right?

    Probably better to just find out when they either die or not… who would be able to forgive us if we gave them a slight break and took their word for it that they were about to die.

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      7 months ago

      The video is in the article. The response was “you’re fine” and a pat on the back. Can’t make that shit up.

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      Good advice for a choking person. Performing the abdominal thrust on someone who could talk has the potential to get the obstruction stuck further and completely blocking their airway.

      Not good advice for someone possibly panicking that you are actively smothering.

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        It’s almost like the militarized police force is tortured in a controlled setting as part of their training, so they torture citizens… who aren’t trained for torture and are not in a controlled setting.