I was going to post something fun this morning – and then I saw this.
When you see the officer put his thumb against the right side of the woman’s neck – camera left – I believe that’s going into the soft area under the earlobe, which I was taught by the Jitsu Foundation to consider a ‘dangerous part‘. It’s the location of the mastoid lymph nodes – your doctor pokes it very gently when you visit with a throat infection. A light pressure there is unpleasant. Even moderate pressure can be extremely painful. The region under the jaw also plays host to the brachial plexus. It also looks as if he applies a strangle to the carotid arteries, which feed the brain. This takes only seconds to cause unconsciousness or, if it’s only partly applied, wooziness. When full consciousness returns, the experience can also produce a burst of rage – adrenaline, I assume – which is convenient if you’ve just falsely arrested someone and trussed them up, and want to show how wicked and dangerous they are. It’s also a notably dangerous thing to do, because in a small number of cases it can lead to very serious complications.
So let me ask you: does this look like policework, or like an assault?
