I don't know how I feel about it. I'm not a fan of choke-holds, and I've never had to use one. On the same note, I have been in situations where a choke-hold would have been less harmful than the outcome I chose, but I chose not to use the choke-hold because there's a very small chance that something like this happens. 

 

When a man that big doesn't want to go to jail, someone usually has to get hurt. Sometimes, there are no other alternatives. This isn't a video game. I promise you that passive resistance is a very difficult thing to overcome with a person of his size. They had dealt with him before and warned him previously. Stupid law? Maybe but it's still a legal arrest. When they decided that he had to go to jail, he had to go to jail. 

 

Besides, it appears like he released the choke-hold before he even said he couldn't breathe. Am I mistaken there? How much of his lack-of-breathing is because of his physical condition and that he continues to resist arrest?

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