Chokehold

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A form of restraint used to subdue overactive, unruly, violent, or inebriated subjects to prevent them from harming themselves and others, which consists of occluding the upper airway by compressing the thyroid cartilage and displacing the tongue posteriorly; the choke hold is more dangerous than the carotid sleeper, which cuts off the flow of blood to the brain, but does not compromise the airways

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Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, was accused of illegally selling cigarettes on a sidewalk when Pantaleo put him in the chokehold from behind and brought him to the ground with the help of other officers.

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Certainly the former prime minister's campaign prowess, alongside his chokehold of the Italian media, makes this a very real possibility, and his promise to undo a lot of his predecessor's good work on the economy is unlikely to be popular with Germany or the European Central Bank (ECB).

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He advocates strengthening property rights for city dwellers, reducing the chokehold of neighborhood zoning boards, and promoting alternative urban centers if old ones can't be saved.