A lawyer for Adam Melanson, charged with assaulting an officer, said he plans to fight the charges as video appears to show officer kneeling on client’s neck.
A lawyer for Adam Melanson, charged with assaulting an officer, said he plans to fight the charges as video appears to show officer kneeling on client’s neck.
"His knee wasn’t on his neck, it was on his head. Big difference. "
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There is a fairly major difference, as we don’t breathe through a soft and compressible skull tube. But it does really hurt. I had a friendly officer kneel on my head once, and it was very unpleasant. Clearly he was a bit of a twat.
Don’t downvote me, arseholes. He obviously wasn’t really a friendly officer, he was a prick. And it was really painful. But I’m glad he wasn’t kneeling on my neck.
Even if kneeling on someone’s head against pavement/concrete isn’t lethal, I think it so clearly beyond any necessary amount of force (especially against unarmed people)-it’s clearly excessive and perhaps intended to intimidate, and it is dehumanizing
Yes, it wasn’t pleasant.
I think you should sue them …
It was too long ago now, they also held me for longer than the legal maximum without charge. All in all, a very unpleasant experience.