SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of suffocation.
“He was loved and he was somebody’s family member," Democratic state Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, who sponsored the bill, said during the Senate vote.
The U.S. Department of Justice has recommended against the practice since at least 1995 to avoid deaths in custody.
Democratic Sen. John Lovick, who worked as a state trooper for more than 30 years, described his experience with this restraint technique.
And it is time for us to end the use of this dehumanizing technique.”The attorney general’s office in Washington recommended against using hog-tying in its model use-of-force policy released in 2022.
Persons:
Manuel Ellis, Sen, Yasmin Trudeau, Democratic Sen, John Lovick, Lovick
Organizations:
SEATTLE, Democratic, U.S . Department of Justice, Trudeau
Locations:
The Washington, Tacoma, Seattle, Pacific Northwest, Washington