As a policeman I tend to carry these things called handcuffs.
I'm trained in how to restrain a person without restricting their airways or causing them a great deal of harm.
Also you have now said he was fighting with them and before said he resisted arrest. Now which is it?
Was he throwing haymakers or was he simply resisting arrest?
On top of that if I have my knee on someone's neck and they tell they can't breathe chances are it's true. Why? Well because my knee is on their neck.
Do you think that it's plausible a knee on a neck is extremely dangerous and terrible operating procedure?
There is a reason why in the UFC you aren't allowed to knee a downed opponent. So are you arguing that the commission have got it wrong and knees are perfectly fine to use on a grounded opponent and on their necks of all places?
You probably get more training than these guys.
They also have to deal woth more 200lb + guys on drugs with histories of gun crime. Something that you will rarely have to deal with in the uk (as a combination of all 3).
I didn't say the police handled this well. Infact it was terrible to watch.
My point is that it is being called out as a racist killing when infact 50% of the police in attendance were not white, and we have video evidence of other 'offenders' (white) getting the same treatment.
Does the policeman deserve putting on trial? Absolutely.
Should we be feting the victim? Given his history probably not. Its a sad case, but I dont think that the riots, deaths, carnage that followed was justified.