IL State’s Attorney seeks RNC ban
An Illinois State’s Attorney is seeking to ban the rear naked choke from mixed martial arts competitions, after two men were accused of choking two victims to death.
An Illinois State’s Attorney is seeking to ban the rear naked choke from mixed martial arts competitions, after two men were accused of choking two victims to death. Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow will presumably also go after the Olympic sport of Judo, which used the identical hold. And should anyone be accused of murder via striking with a closed fist, it stands to reason he will be seeking a ban on boxing and karate as well.
On Monday afternoon Adam Landerman was found guilty for his role in the murders of Terrence Rankins and Eric Glover on Hickory Street in January of 2013. Landerman, along with Joshua Miner, were accused of strangling Glover and Rankins by using choke holds.
Glasgow says that there is already legislation banning police from using choke holds, but he thinks the ban could go further. He believes athletic competition situations like the MMA should ban the practice as well, because youngsters see it on television and learn to use it. He believes that’s what happened in the Rankins and Glover murders.
Proposed legislation in Springfield would ban the move from being used in MMA competition within the state of Illinois. The State’s Attorney said he can’t believe the move is even allowed in competition, due to the danger of the tactic.