July 7, 2008 1:20PM 

# “Vascular Restraint” 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into an officer’s chokehold. The choke was not used against a violent individual. It was used against a young man who was already in handcuffs. Suspicion of marijuana possession. The young man quickly faints.

Video clip [here](http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1407). For more on the drug war, go [here](https://www.cato.org/subtopic_display_new.php?topic_id=10&ra_id=9). For more about doublespeak, go [here](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6654).

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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