KENOSHA, Wis. — (KENOSHA, Wis.) -- An off-duty police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is under fire after a video went viral appearing to show him putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl at Lincoln Middle School on March 4, while trying to stop a fight that the girl was involved in.
A video of the incident taken by one of the students at the school was obtained by ABC News and shows the officer responding to a reported fight between two students.
after Floyd's death, Wisconsin banned the use of police chokeholds in June 2021 except in life threatening situations or in situations where a police officer had to defend themselves. Chokeholds include various police neck restraints. “The family hopes to find out why this happened, so that it does not happen again to anyone else’s child,” he added.
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