The main question about Victor Hill right now is why did it take so long for this to become public?
People around him had to have known. The USA needs much better whistleblower protection laws at the state & federal level.
THIS is how you really start to #DrainTheSwamp.
And for the inevitable GENIUSES who will question why the use of a "restraint chair" inside a prison cell is wrong. There are several reasons but one of them is that the inmate can be injured or even killed this way, depending on his or her individual risk factors.
Ongoing physical mechanical restraint inside institutions like prisons and so-called "hospitals" can be very dangerous, which is why it is decreasingly used, in civilized places.
BRIEF restraint for immediate risk reduction is justified, but that is not what's alleged here.
When the government has a person in custody to protect that person or others from imminent harm, there are book-length rules and guidelines for how to do it without killing them.
For example, this 1995 US DOJ document is a good start:
ojp.gov/pdffiles/posas…
Every cop, prison officer, or other authorized person in the USA should not only know of that 26 year old document, but be so familiar with the details as to be able to pass a spot test on them at any time.
It's not just about civil rights. It's about saving lives. ALL lives.
What gets lost in the daily debate over injury or death in custody is that the use of legally justified force can save the life of the suspect, officer, or bystander, BUT it can cost the life of the suspect if it's done wrong.
That suspect could be YOU, regardless of color.
My goal is to convince as many people as possible to care about victims of crime (& an unlawful use of force by an officer is a crime) whether their skin color is similar to your own OR NOT.
Here is a black officer, Victor Hill, accused of endangering inmates under his control.
I don't yet know how many of Hill's inmates were endangered by these practices, nor do I know their skin color. I'm guessing that as POC are over-represented in the justice system as both offenders AND victims, that they are over-represented in this group, too.
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