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Van Wanggaard: “We forbid the training of chokeholds in any academy or in…”

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

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Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package

Published | Video Starts at 17:12

… or that somebody's got a gun or a knife, they're gonna kill somebody themselves that they couldn't use that. So we modified that bill so that we do not allow. We forbid the training of chokeholds in any academy or in any training situation. So the message is we don't train those. But I'm not going to force an officer to make a decision, well, should I choke this guy? (17:12–17:20)

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Asserts that Wisconsin forbids the training of chokeholds in police academies and training.

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