Great sport. Love it when you get a successful choke hold. Too bad I was never good at it

(07-03) 08:48 PDT LITTLE ROCK, (AP) – A police officer who appeared to choke a skateboarder and put two others in a headlock in a video posted online used appropriate force when making his arrests, an internal police investigation found. The Hot Springs Police Department Internal Affairs Board found the use of force was within the police department’s policy on non-deadly force and recommended “no changes to this policy.” The decision was released Monday. Officer Joey Williams confronted a situation that “would have overwhelmed any single officer” when he stopped those breaking a Hot Springs city ordinance by skateboarding on a downtown sidewalk June 21, the report said. However, Williams was faulted for leaving a handcuffed suspect unattended while chasing another youth in the resort town’s historic Bathhouse Row. Williams has been on administrative leave since the video hit YouTube on June 25. Police said he would return to active duty Thursday in the city’s downtown. “I think it was fair,” City Manager Kent Myers said. Witnesses “consistently supported the actions of the officer and his efforts to control the situation.” Video from a business’ security cameras shows 10 skateboarders rolling down the city sidewalk at a good clip, followed by Williams, who sprints past the last skater. A video taken by skateboarders and later posted on YouTube shows Williams on top of one of the skaters, apparently choking him. The video also showed Williams putting another two skateboarders in a headlock, and the officer can later be heard threatening to use pepper spray on a skateboarder lying on the ground. Police said they arrested Matthew Jon McCormack, 21, and Skylar Nalls, 19, both of Hot Springs, and four juveniles. McCormack faces a misdemeanor battery charge accusing him of pushing or striking a 67-year-old city employee during the melee. Nalls was cited for skateboarding and faces misdemeanor charges of fleeing and obstructing governmental operations. McCormack has previously disputed many of the police allegations, especially his battery charge. He has said he pulled on the city employee’s arm after the man lifted a girl off her feet in a choke-hold. Hot Springs is a resort town about 50 miles west of Little Rock.

boy, don't remember any rules that said citizens had to be kind, respectful, and non-irritating to police officers. cops are themselves, on the whole, quite an irritating breed. and since when does violating a city ordinance (think littering or loud music) constitute a choke-hold and tackle?

An unfortunate confrontation of two widely perpetuated stereotypes maybe?

I now have a strong dislike for everyone in this video. Except maybe the grammy. I mean, police officer loses control (choke-hold excessive), skater can't shoot for shit (take off the hell-spawned excessory that is the fish-eye!), and the rest of the kids are dumb as shit for trying to run away. Even the one kid who tries to make himself appear "in the right", by saying, 'I'm gonna stay here . . ." still moves away from the 'scene', prompting the officer to chase him down as well. Grammy had everything right. Regardless of how wrong it might seem, when a cop starts talking to you, YOU DON'T DO SHIT! Just stay there! If he did shit wrong, get a lawyer bring it up then, get the case thrown out and give the cop a little well deserved unpaid vacation.

Choke-holds are appropriate for hardened criminals breaking the law. She was resisting arrest, skateboarding where it's illegal, interfering with an important investigation, and who knows what else. Her parents must be so proud.

So BillO, it was totally appropriate to put that girl in a choke hold? Because, you know, cleary she was RESISTING arrest by walking with her friends and making sure they were OK? She made no move to run away UNTIL the cop grabbed her. The officer just randomly tries to tackle her, puts her in a choke hold, and starts saying she was resisting arrest. Wow, talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The way that cop is going on an authority powertrip, you'd think the country had declared martial law or something.

Prior to pepper spray and tasers, guns and choke holds were used in situations when the use of pepper spray and tasers would have been much more helpful. For example, a man with a knife can now be stopped with a taser, while he would previously have been shot. Pepper spray can be used against unarmed assailants. And properly-applied choke holds are useful for subduing assailants without the danger of blunt-force trauma or electrical shock.

Choke holds were resulting in peoples' deaths because LEOs were not being properly trained in the proper application of chokes. There is a huge difference between a properly applied rear naked choke, which cuts off blood supply to the brain by squeezing off the carotid arteries, and a rear forearm choke, which cuts off air supply by compressing the trachea. Blood chokes are effective and can be applied with very little force without the risk of permanent injury or death if they are properly-applied and released shortly after unconsciousness (about 4-10 seconds into the choke). There is a relatively huge margin for brain damage (another 15-20 seconds before it becomes dangerous) with a blood choke. Air chokes can damage the trachea and require a huge amount of force comparatively.

Trained properly, there is pretty much no danger to blood chokes. If you're truly interested, go look up at the mortality rates for chokes being applied in grappling tournaments, like a judo shiai. It's basically 0%, since trained grapplers can easily apply the choke without danger to either them or their opponent.

This is such a BS story all around.

The cops are Idiots, no doubt. But they have to be there to deal with fools like this student.

Prior to Pepper Spray and Tasers, Choke holds were used. Unfortunately people were being killed quite often, such as in this example.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_7_98/ai_63735777

So In my estimation, he got off easy.
And if he was at USC, campus security would have shot him.