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Alabama Police Officer Who Put Handcuffed Man in Chokehold Back on Duty

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Good old America. Even in the midst of a public health crisis it still finds a way to keep up with the tried and true bullshit.

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AL.com reports that Blake Duke, a Mobile, Ala., police officer, will be put back on the streets. On February 17, Duke was caught on camera slamming 53-year-old Howard Green Jr.โ€™s head into a cop car and putting Green into a chokehold. Green had already been put into handcuffs when Duke assaulted him. An investigation found Duke and a supervisor present at the scene had violated departmental policy.

โ€œThe Mobile Police Department has taken the appropriate actions to hold Officer Duke and the on-duty supervisor accountable for their actions,โ€ according to a press release, AL.com reports.

Given that Duke is being put back on the street little over a month after putting a man into a chokehold, I doubt that โ€œappropriate actionsโ€ have been taken. He wasnโ€™t even suspended without pay. Instead, he was put on desk duty for a month. The department wonโ€™t detail what those appropriate actions were because one of the officers is appealing.

Iโ€™m not surprised, but itโ€™s still frustrating. The messaging of it is probably the most baffling part. Itโ€™s basically โ€œyeah he messed up but it is what it is.โ€ At least give the dude a suspension, a month without payโ€”hell, he could really use some mandatory anger management classes if weโ€™re keeping it a buck.

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