Coming Soon! Premieres Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Thursday, May 2 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 Investigating deaths after police used tactics like prone restraint and other 'less lethal' force.
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate deaths after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less lethal” force.Every day, police rely on common tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them, such as physical holds, Tasers and body blows. But when misused, these tactics involving what police call “less-lethal force” can still end in death.
Those who died were of all walks of life and races, with many of them experiencing a mental health or drug crisis, but the toll disproportionately hit Black people.In 740 of the cases, officers held the person in what is known as prone restraint, placing them facedown and, in many cases, applying pressure on their back.
Medical officials cited law enforcement as causing or contributing to about half of the deaths in the database. In many others, significant police force went unmentioned and drugs or pre-existing health conditions were blamed instead.
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