The search function didn't show we had a thread on this at the time it happened, but now there is new information. Florida man restrained by officers in jail died by strangulation, autopsy finds A newly obtained autopsy report has concluded that a 43-year-old Florida man’s death after being violently restrained by jailers was a homicide by strangulation. On 17 January last year, Kevin Desir became unresponsive after a struggle with six deputies at the North Broward Bureau facility, a jail operated by the Broward county sheriff’s office (BSO) in south Florida. The jail specifically detains arrestees who have mental and physical disabilities, as well as those with mental health problems. During the incident, Desir was handcuffed, punched repeatedly, shot with a Taser and pepper-sprayed by officers, and lost consciousness after deputies attempted to strap him into a restraint chair. One deputy interlocked hands on Desir’s neck from behind, and used “his body weight to leverage Desir back into the chair”, according to a memo from the Broward county state attorney’s office.
Dealing with a mentally ill problem is above my ability to know how to handle it. I would hope those tasked would be properly trained.
There was an episode on Sam Harris when law enforcement officers were taught the principles of Ju Jitsu (I think ) the incidence of injury went down dramatically on both the detainee and he officer. Seems like this would apply to corrections and mental health employees also.
