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Kneeling on the man's carotid artery is a sure road to brain death.....f*cking idiots.
First - what the officers did was horrendous, and a clear violation of the man's civil rights. They likely broke many policies - which is why the department made a civil rights referral and fired the everyone involved.
However, I don't think the pressure on the man's neck killed him, are was in the right spot to cut off the flow of blood through the carotid artery. He certainly wasn't being strangled. This looked like a pretty classic presentation of a heart attack and cardiac arrest brought on by stress.
This doesn't excuse the officers at all. In fact, if this is the case, the officers could have likely saved the man by stopping, calling for help, and giving first aid.