"Yet in 1992, a year after the King beating, an LAPD survey indicated that 92 percent of officers believed they should have the right to use the chokehold. Former LAPD sergeant and defense attorney Darryl Mounger, who represented police officer Stacey Koon in the Rodney King case, told the Los Angeles Times in May 1991, āNormally, you spin him around, choke him out and nobody gets hurt. But when they took that tool away, you were forced to physically fight with people and thatās when officers began sticking people.ā"
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Alec Banks, āThe Oakland Police Lawsuit, the Gangsta Rap Defense, & Chokeholdsā, Rockthebells.com
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