Immobilisation techniques where officers apply pressure with their knees on prone suspects have been blamed for asphyxiations and other deaths in police custody beyond US shores, often involving non-white suspects.
"We cannot say that the American situation is foreign to us," said French lawmaker Francois Ruffin, who has pushed for a ban on the police use of face-down holds that are implicated in multiple deaths in France, a parliamentary effort put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic.
"It is also forbidden to lean on a suspect completely, as this can crush his rib cage and suffocate him," he said. In Israel, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said "there is no tactic or protocol that calls to put pressure on the neck or airway." But the so-called "sleeperhold," where pressure is applied to the neck with an arm, blocking blood flow, was allowed for police in San Diego before Floyd's death triggered a shift. Police Chief David Nisleit said he would this week order an end to the tactic.
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