A single police officer's statement isn't authoritative. Police can absolutely lie for any number of reasons.

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I was being dragged down the hallway with an arm latched around my neck so that I couldn't breath and I was convulsing. If that's not a choke hold, then what is it? A friendly love pat?

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Okay, let's do some research. Here is the definition with visual examples of a choke hold maneuver.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokehold

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What do you know everything about that description fits exactly what I experienced, even down to the depiction in the sidebar.

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Here's what Google has to say about "choke hold"

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## choke·hold ##

/ˈCHōkhōld/

noun

noun: choke-hold

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a tight grip around a person's neck, used to restrain him or her by restricting breathing.

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*"the police have banned chokeholds"*

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I even found a great video by CNN on Youtube. It reveals that that there is a choke hold that cuts off the air supply, which is what the security guards used on me since I couldn't breath or talk, and it is the more dangerous form.

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Right now you are looking very silly for trying to dismiss something traumatic that happened firsthand to me. Do you tell rape survivors that they weren't raped too?