D.C. officer guilty of chokeholds in latest U.S. police abuse prosecution

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D.C. officer guilty of chokeholds in latest U.S. police abuse prosecution
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Mark L. Clark is the 10th law enforcement or corrections officer indicted or convicted since 2022 of excessive force, abuse or homicide charges in D.C.

The holds can cut off air flowing through the windpipe or the blood supply to the brain, risking strokes or brain damage within seconds even if a person remains conscious, physicians say.

Both sides agreed the 18-year-old had called Clark a racial slur after the officer physically confronted one of the teen’s friends in the first incident, and Clark claimed the 18-year-old threw a cup at him. In the second case, Clark confronted a man who used a restaurant bathroom without ordering food. The man — who was wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet and waiting for his probation officer — then asked to see Clark’s supervisor before the pair began to argue, assistant U.S.

Clark’s defense cited “doubt after doubt after doubt” about whether the officer intentionally used excessive force, whether the men were actually injured, and whether a reasonable officer would have acted any differently. putting their hands on him after the officer nearly drove his motorbike into them on a sidewalk, Macchiaroli said. The second victim told police after his arrest that he was deeply depressed, bipolar and schizophrenic, and that he wanted to cause bodily harm to himself and others before he put his hand in his pocket and took a step toward the officer, Clark’s attorney added.

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