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A group of protesters that demonstrated at a rally in support of Palestinians over the weekend in Toronto say a man who was protesting was injured during his arrest β€” which included an officer kneeling on his neck, something Toronto's former police chief said officers are not trained to do.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

To be honest, I'm guessing that they're trained to push their body weight into the person's back, but only trained in a controlled environment with compliant trainers, rather than someone out in the open with others yelling, screaming, and throwing objects while the subject is trying to resist.

Ten guys try to do it with minimal training in terrible situations, and at least one of them is going to fuck it up like this. While on camera since everybody's got one in their pocket nowadays.