FLA Gov Signs Use-of-Force Bill yet the Force Continuum is Uncontrollable: Chokeholds on Citizens are Now "Limited" but Cops Retain Powers to Forcibly Control/Kill People Whenever They Deem Necessary

SOUNDS GREAT BUT WE’RE ALREADY DOING THAT. From [HERE] After a year of intense scrutiny of policing, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed into law a bill that includes new use-of-force training requirements for officers.

The measure (HB 7051), which DeSantis formally received Monday, moved swiftly through the Legislature at the end of this spring’s session after negotiations on the measure by House Republicans and Democrats.

“We can look at 7051 and be proud that now there will be more robust and uniform basic training standards throughout the state,” said state Rep. Fentrice Driskell, who sponsored the legislation. 

It came after scrutiny of policing that followed the death last year of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin, who was captured on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck, was found guilty by a jury of murdering Floyd and sentenced to prison.

FUNKTIONARY defines:

Force - the source or sources of all possible actions of the particles or materials of the universe(s). 2) the manipulation of a man or woman in disregard of its own volition or nature. 3) the use of an outside physical coercion of any kind by one or more humanoids against another or others in order to make him/her or them obedient and compliant to higher or their will. 4) the basis of all social evils and can only be used in the sense of attack not defense. 5) You must! In the way I say! 6) the social disease. "Force (coercion) and fraud are the foundation of all social systems and the source of the aroma which they exhale." --Max Nomad. "Force" operates to remove personal volition from opportunity to act or not act. Someone '`makes" you behave in a certain way by threatening to injure or enslave you, someone you love, or something you prize, if you do not behave in that way. Force operates to obtain an intended behavior when the forced party would otherwise have exhibited a different behavior. Punishment, pain, suffering, and discomfort characterize force. Unfortunately, governments only function by force. Once established, they put laws into effect by threatening persecution, imprisonment, fine, or death against all who don't comply with those laws--including the use of the force continuum. [MORE]

New standards aimed at limiting officers’ use of chokeholds are included in the legislation. Chokeholds will be limited “to circumstances where the officer perceives an immediate threat of serious bodily injury or death to himself, herself, or another person.”

Training also will instruct officers on a “duty to intervene in another officer’s excessive use of force,” and a “duty to render medical assistance following use of force.”

For the first time, there will be a state database to keep track of use of force incidents that result in serious bodily injury, death or the discharge of a firearm at a person.

“Perhaps we can keep a closer eye on what’s happening at these law enforcement agencies, identify any hot spots,” Driskell said.

In addition, officers applying for a new job must disclose if they left the previous job under a cloud, and that previous agency has to be truthful when it’s contacted about a background check.

The legislation also bans the arrest of anyone under age 7 unless the violation is a forcible felony.