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Related: About this forumVideo: Louisiana Cops Strangle Black Man to Death for Asking to See Arrest Warrant
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_4489ee48-95f3-11e8-b9f2-c3f1746e0adc.htmlCan't see video below? Click here.
Last Oct. 20, two sheriffs deputies, Brandon Spillman and Alexander Daniel, along with Marksville Police officer Kenneth Parnell, tried to force Frank from his tractor. Spillman, Daniel and Parnell are named defendants in a civil rights lawsuit. There were other law enforcement personnel on the scene, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A forensic pathologist hired by the parish had said in a report that manual strangulation was the primary cause of Franks death. The video shows Spillman mount the tractor behind Frank and apply a choke hold while another officer tries to pull him down. For a time, Frank is doubled-over while resisting. Officers had to carry Frank to a patrol car after his body went limp.
Gilbertson said Franks questions as to what he was being arrested for, and who signed the warrant, were reasonable.
Theres no exigent circumstance here, Gilbertson said Thursday. Hes not attempting to flee, hes not assaulting anybody, hes sitting on a tractor and hes asking reasonable questions they are refusing to answer.
The hold that Spillman used, known as a lateral vascular neck restraint, is typically a last resort, given the potential to restrict airflow, Gilbertson said.
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Video: Louisiana Cops Strangle Black Man to Death for Asking to See Arrest Warrant (Original Post)
dalton99a
Aug 2018
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madaboutharry
(40,216 posts)1. That man was murdered.
spicysista
(1,663 posts)2. R.I.P Mr. Armando Frank
At only 44, you had so much life ahead of you. Rest in power, sir.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)3. typical fucking cops