SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POLICE KILLING RESTRAINED / RESISTING SUSPECTS ON THE STREETS VIA POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION
I was watching the tragic incident of Daniel Prude, and I wanted to do something to help prevent this from ever happening again, this is my contribution.
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AT 5:31 Clearly spitting at officers even with spit-hood on. Spit-hood Justified, most likely with spit prior to this point in the video.
5:52 Daniel Prude Attempts to get up off the ground while naked and restrained with handcuffs, clearly suffering from some sort of mental health crisis, and has already stated multiple times up to this point, give me that gun, give me that handgun, i need it, along with other nonsensical statements, incoherent, this time he says give me the gun while approaching the one officer nearest to him, I am assuming that the officers went into a reactionary mode where their lowest levels of instinct took over and they felt they needed to stop the resisting, restrained Daniel Prude, While officers are allowed to use force to overcome resistance, they are also required to use reasonable force, and holding a person with a spit-hood down in the wet road causing asphyxiation/death is not reasonable force, it is excessive force, A MORE REASONABLE SOLUTION would be to ensure ALL OFFICERS NATION WIDE ARE RETRAINED, to consider POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION in ALL INCIDENTS and to do everything in their power to prevent it, IN THIS CASE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN for the officers to move in and gain control of DANIEL PRUDE and then ESCORT HIM TO THE BACK OF A POLICE CRUISER where he could be safely detained in a temporary isolated enclosed location, the back of the vehicle, in a manner that did not produce asphyxiation, UNTIL THE MEDICAL UNIT IE AMBULANCE ARRIVES, OR Daniel Prude is taken in SAFELY for processing with the appropriate authorities be it mental health ward/facility 51/50 padded room, 5 point restraints, or whatever other medical process is in place to address these societal issues of mental health crisis with individual citizens on the streets of AMERICAN cities, if a FEDERAL MANDATE/LAW is not in place to ensure the safe detention and processing via law enforcement is in place, then one should be created along with ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR TRAINING/RETRAINING ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE of lack of police training/understanding how to deal with a restrained individual who needs mental health crisis treatment without causing asphyxiation due to excessive physical force, EVEN WHEN THE SUBJECT MAKES VERBAL THREATS AND MOVES AROUND DISOBEYING ORDERS, PHYSICAL FORCE SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE SUBJECT AND PLACE IN A HOLDING CELL/BACK OF THE NEAREST SAFE POLICE VEHICLE AND LOCKED IN FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION AND THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND OFFICERS. HOLDING A SUBJECT DOWN FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION TO THIS SYSTEMIC PROBLEM, THE LOWEST RANKING OFFICERS AND UP SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO TAKE CHARGE AND SAFELY DETAIN THESE MENTALLY ILL, MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INCIDENT CITIZENS.
Specifically HAD THE 3 OFFICERS WHO APPROACHED DANIEL PRUDE AT 5:57 when they went hands on and used physical force, INSTEAD OF PRESSING HIM DOWN INTO THE GROUND, HAD THEY STOOD HIM UP, AND ESCORTED HIM SAFELY TO THE NEAREST VEHICLE, DANIEL PRUDE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY.
THE SPIT HOOD IS DESIGNED TO SAFELY ESCORT WITHOUT HAVING A RESTRAINED INDIVIDUAL BE ABLE TO SPIT AT ESCORTING OFFICERS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT, THEN ESCORT THE PERSON.
THE OFFICERS LITERALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AFTER HOLDING DANIEL PRUDE DOWN,
JUST WAITING FOR THE PERSON TO STOP "RESISTING" IE MOVING, MEANS THAT IF THE PERSON IS MOVING BECAUSE THEY CANT BREATHE, THE OFFICERS PUSH BACK DOWN HARDER, FORCING THE SUBJECT TO "RESIST" MORE IN ORDER TO MOVE TO A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN BREATHE, THIS IS A "FIGHT OR FLIGHT MOMENT FOR THE RESTRAINED INDIVIDUAL, ALL HUMANS WILL TAKE THESE ACTIONS NATURALLY, AND IT IS NOT RESISTING OFFICERS ORDERS, IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO RESIST DEATH FROM ASPHYXIATION.
THIS IS THE KEY MISUNDERSTANDING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND DETAINING/RESTRAINING INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA, BE IT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INDIVIDUALS OR ANY OTHER SUSPECT, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT IMMEDIATE TRAINING GO OUT TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES,
THE BEST OPTION IS TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TOGETHER AS BACKUP, AND IMMEDIATELY ESCORT THE SUBJECT TO THE BACK OF THE NEAREST VEHICLE WHERE THEY CAN BE PLACED IN TEMPORARY HOLDING/DETENTION AWAITING MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ARRIVE, OR ANY OTHER ON SCENE DELAY IE GATHERING EVIDENCE, INTERVIEWS, ETC,
THE MERE FACT THAT YOU HAVE RESISTANCE, DOES NOT JUSTIFY DEATH FROM POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON RESTRAINING UNITED STATES CITIZENS, OR ANYONE ELSE BEING ARRESTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED MORE NEEDLESS DEATHS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE FACT IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL RESIST OR DISOBEY ORDERS DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR BEING ON DRUGS, OR ANY OTHER REASON, THIS SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
5:52 Daniel Prude Attempts to get up off the ground while naked and restrained with handcuffs, clearly suffering from some sort of mental health crisis, and has already stated multiple times up to this point, give me that gun, give me that handgun, i need it, along with other nonsensical statements, incoherent, this time he says give me the gun while approaching the one officer nearest to him, I am assuming that the officers went into a reactionary mode where their lowest levels of instinct took over and they felt they needed to stop the resisting, restrained Daniel Prude, While officers are allowed to use force to overcome resistance, they are also required to use reasonable force, and holding a person with a spit-hood down in the wet road causing asphyxiation/death is not reasonable force, it is excessive force, A MORE REASONABLE SOLUTION would be to ensure ALL OFFICERS NATION WIDE ARE RETRAINED, to consider POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION in ALL INCIDENTS and to do everything in their power to prevent it, IN THIS CASE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN for the officers to move in and gain control of DANIEL PRUDE and then ESCORT HIM TO THE BACK OF A POLICE CRUISER where he could be safely detained in a temporary isolated enclosed location, the back of the vehicle, in a manner that did not produce asphyxiation, UNTIL THE MEDICAL UNIT IE AMBULANCE ARRIVES, OR Daniel Prude is taken in SAFELY for processing with the appropriate authorities be it mental health ward/facility 51/50 padded room, 5 point restraints, or whatever other medical process is in place to address these societal issues of mental health crisis with individual citizens on the streets of AMERICAN cities, if a FEDERAL MANDATE/LAW is not in place to ensure the safe detention and processing via law enforcement is in place, then one should be created along with ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR TRAINING/RETRAINING ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE of lack of police training/understanding how to deal with a restrained individual who needs mental health crisis treatment without causing asphyxiation due to excessive physical force, EVEN WHEN THE SUBJECT MAKES VERBAL THREATS AND MOVES AROUND DISOBEYING ORDERS, PHYSICAL FORCE SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE SUBJECT AND PLACE IN A HOLDING CELL/BACK OF THE NEAREST SAFE POLICE VEHICLE AND LOCKED IN FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION AND THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND OFFICERS. HOLDING A SUBJECT DOWN FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION TO THIS SYSTEMIC PROBLEM, THE LOWEST RANKING OFFICERS AND UP SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO TAKE CHARGE AND SAFELY DETAIN THESE MENTALLY ILL, MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INCIDENT CITIZENS.
Specifically HAD THE 3 OFFICERS WHO APPROACHED DANIEL PRUDE AT 5:57 when they went hands on and used physical force, INSTEAD OF PRESSING HIM DOWN INTO THE GROUND, HAD THEY STOOD HIM UP, AND ESCORTED HIM SAFELY TO THE NEAREST VEHICLE, DANIEL PRUDE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY.
THE SPIT HOOD IS DESIGNED TO SAFELY ESCORT WITHOUT HAVING A RESTRAINED INDIVIDUAL BE ABLE TO SPIT AT ESCORTING OFFICERS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT, THEN ESCORT THE PERSON.
THE OFFICERS LITERALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AFTER HOLDING DANIEL PRUDE DOWN,
JUST WAITING FOR THE PERSON TO STOP "RESISTING" IE MOVING, MEANS THAT IF THE PERSON IS MOVING BECAUSE THEY CANT BREATHE, THE OFFICERS PUSH BACK DOWN HARDER, FORCING THE SUBJECT TO "RESIST" MORE IN ORDER TO MOVE TO A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN BREATHE, THIS IS A "FIGHT OR FLIGHT MOMENT FOR THE RESTRAINED INDIVIDUAL, ALL HUMANS WILL TAKE THESE ACTIONS NATURALLY, AND IT IS NOT RESISTING OFFICERS ORDERS, IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO RESIST DEATH FROM ASPHYXIATION.
THIS IS THE KEY MISUNDERSTANDING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND DETAINING/RESTRAINING INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA, BE IT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INDIVIDUALS OR ANY OTHER SUSPECT, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT IMMEDIATE TRAINING GO OUT TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES,
THE BEST OPTION IS TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TOGETHER AS BACKUP, AND IMMEDIATELY ESCORT THE SUBJECT TO THE BACK OF THE NEAREST VEHICLE WHERE THEY CAN BE PLACED IN TEMPORARY HOLDING/DETENTION AWAITING MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ARRIVE, OR ANY OTHER ON SCENE DELAY IE GATHERING EVIDENCE, INTERVIEWS, ETC,
THE MERE FACT THAT YOU HAVE RESISTANCE, DOES NOT JUSTIFY DEATH FROM POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON RESTRAINING UNITED STATES CITIZENS, OR ANYONE ELSE BEING ARRESTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
IF THIS ISSUE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED MORE NEEDLESS DEATHS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE FACT IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL RESIST OR DISOBEY ORDERS DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR BEING ON DRUGS, OR ANY OTHER REASON, THIS SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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