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Old 08-01-2021, 02:43 AM
Thorgrimm Thorgrimm is offline
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You are probably not going to want to read the use of Ketamine injections in some arresting situations. Rare but kinda happened in Colorado a year to two years ago in fact.

Thou it sounds like I am being condensing it is a very interesting case.
https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-ne...24f8af77f928d3

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DENVER (AP) — Police stopped Elijah McClain on the street in suburban Denver last year after deeming the young Black man suspicious. He was thrown into a chokehold, threatened with a dog and stun gun, then subjected to another law enforcement tool before he died: a drug called ketamine.

Paramedics inject it into people like McClain as a sedative, often at the behest of police who believe suspects are out of control. Officially, ketamine is used in emergencies when there’s a safety concern for medical staff or the patient. But it’s increasingly found in arrests and has become another flashpoint in the debate over law enforcement policies and brutality against people of color.

An analysis by The Associated Press of policies on ketamine and cases where the drug was used during police encounters uncovered a lack of police training, conflicting medical standards and nonexistent protocols that have resulted in hospitalizations and even deaths.