On Wed, 7 May 2008 07:20:47 -0700 (PDT), Mel Rowing
wrote:
>On May 6, 10:31 pm, Baldoni wrote:
>> It happens that Mel Rowing formulated :
>>
>> > On May 6, 8:01 pm, Dead Paul wrote:
>> >> With police like these who needs enemies.
>>
>> >> The moment a London tourist dies after screaming 'I can't breathe' to
>> >> police who restrained him:
>>
>> >>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_arti...
>>
>> > People who can't breathe can't scream anything!
>>
>> Correct to a point.
>
>Correct to all points! Trust one who once thought his end was very
>nigh through asphyxiation. The most frightening aspect was that help
>was less than 10 yards away but I couldn't call for it.
OTOH I have had pressure on my chest and was close to passing out yet
was able to tell my wife what was happening
>
>It's to do with air passing through the voice box you see. Unless it
>does it cannot produce a single sound.
>
>I don't know why this man stopped breathing but I'm convinced that he
>could at the moment he screamed that he couldn't if he did so scream
>and the report of this scream was not journalistic licence.
>
>Further, re the Mail photo. The officers knee was not across the man's
>neck. It was positioned in the nape. If a full grown man knelt with
>his full weight on another's neck whilst he was in a prostrate
>position on the floor, very severe damage would be caused indeed.
There were four of them. Pressure on the chest would stop someone
breathing in some circumstances as I know only too well.
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