In Minneapolis it's legal! See Minneapolis policy and procedure manual. 5-311 USE OF NECK RESTRAINTS AND CHOKE HOLDS
Minneapolis police rendered 44 people unconscious with neck restraints in five years
NBC News, by Emily R. Siegel *
Posted By: Ribicon, 6/1/2020 11:52:49 AM
Since the beginning of 2015, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department have rendered people unconscious with neck restraints 44 times, according to an NBC News analysis of police records. Several police experts said that number appears to be unusually high. Minneapolis police used neck restraints at least 237 times during that span, and in 16 percent of the incidents the suspects and other individuals lost consciousness, the department's use-of-force records show.(Snip) The on-line version of the policy manual says, "The unconscious neck restraint shall only be applied … 1. On a subject who is exhibiting active aggression,…