Originally Posted by GomerPyle
Originally Posted by RCHRR
You don’t talk if you can’t breathe.

From what I've read, the issue wasn't being able to breathe. It was cutting off blood flow to his brain. If you've ever seen someone put in a "rear naked choke" (they really should come up with a better name for that), that's what it does. It blocks the blood flow to the brain through the carotid arteries. It takes only a few seconds to make someone black out and could most definitely kill them if not released pretty quickly. I'm guessing the knee on the guys neck for several minutes did basically the same thing, albeit a little slower than the choke hold since it was only on one side.



Blocking one side of the carotid artery would not kill you. You would perfuse your brain from the other side through the circle of willis. Now if he has some calcification and was 80% blocked it may be somewhat possible. Either way if he could breath and only had once side cut off he should have lived. I bet it was some other underlying health condition.

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