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Van Wanggaard: “I started in 1972. And they have never trained chokeholds as…”

Featuring: Van Wanggaard, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 21

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Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package

Published | Video Starts at 16:47

Which I did not agree with that bill the way that it was written, because it made it sound like we've been doing chokeholds in Wisconsin forever, and it's been acceptable. I could tell you right now. I started in 1972. And they have never trained chokeholds as something to get somebody under control. Now, doesn't mean that an officer might not have to use that if he's fighting for his life to keep his firearm, or that somebody's got a gun or a knife, they're gonna kill somebody themselves that they couldn't use that. (16:47–16:57)

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Asserts that chokeholds have never been trained as a control method in Wisconsin since 1972.

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