Symbolic Displays of the Knee-on-Neck Chokehold Must Stop

Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats display the knee-on-neck chokehold.
Note the added technique of pinning the arm back, displayed by the unidentified man behind Pelosi 

There was widespread belief after the death of George Floyd in 2020 that the knee-on-neck chokehold is simply too dangerous to use, given the horrific results of its over-zealous application. There were many calls for its use to be abandoned, and it was hoped that, with time, the world could come to terms with (but never forget) this appalling incident. Instead, grotesque symbolic use of it has become hugely popular, especially with politicians and sportspeople.

The entire team in a Berlin football club display the symbolic knee-on-neck chokehold

These displays of violent oppression must stop. It is bad enough that a man died in front of a shocked world, but to continue to symbolically re-enact the event in highly public displays is arguably much worse. These symbolic acts, which can only be seen as hate crimes, must come to an end.

Harry Wiren

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