The death of an unarmed man after police officers squeezed his neck to subdue him outside a Las Vegas Strip casino has raised questions about whether the restraint technique is too risky.
Police say an officer used a stun gun and punched 40-year-old Tashii S. Brown of Las Vegas during the struggle that ended when an officer squeezed Brown's neck. A ruling about the cause of death is pending.
American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada executive Tod Story said Monday he'll seek a review of a policy allowing Las Vegas police to use what the department calls lateral vascular neck restraint.
Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, says police in New York are taught not to go for the neck under any circumstances.
