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Seth Stoughton, a University of South Carolina law professor and a former Florida police officer, said “the dangers of positional asphyxia” have been well known in policing and incorporated into training since the early 1990s.
The technique of pinning a suspect to the ground should especially be avoided when there are risk factors, such as obesity or drug or alcohol use, as was true in the Alameda case, Stoughton said.
He likened the situation to a boa constrictor killing its prey by depriving it of oxygen.
Stoughton, who has written about police training and force extensively, said it is acceptable for officers to place someone prone on the ground for a short period of time to put handcuffs on them.
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The family of a 26-year-old man who died last week after officers tried to restrain him said body camera video shows Alameda police had their weight on Mario Arenales Gonzalez's head and back.
The family of a 26-year-old man who died last week after officers tried to restrain him said body camera video shows Alameda police had their weight on Mario.