honestly it ' matter what the kids were acting like the police have a code of conduct and they have to follow it, they represent the city mayor, governor. I doubt that cop still has his job after this. The kids should of handle this differently agreed.. but the cop is an adult and hes a big man, trained to hurt people to a certain extent. The choke hold went way above his authority, these were kids, and they had no weapons, and never raised their skateboards as if they were going to use them.. all well shit happens..