“We Have No Guidelines When It Comes To Neck Holds”

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The Clark County Family Court has, again, found itself under the scrutiny of the I-team at 8newsnow. The story involves marshals putting a 25 year old woman into a restraint chair and then one of them, Steve Rushfield, allegedly choking her. If the name Rushfield sounds familiar, it may be because he was involved in an earlier incident this year that resulted in him stepping down as a supervisor over family court marshals.

We have to ask–what is going on at the family court? Is it complete anarchy over there? The article mentions that court administration would make no comment on the incident because it was a personnel matter. Really? Not even a comment about maintaing order and decorum in the courthouse? Court administration (we don’t know who that is) also said they have no guidelines when it comes to neck holds. Seriously? Is one hand around a 110 pound woman’s throat the kind of neck hold that needs a guideline?

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May 22, 2013 2:14 pm

For those of you who have never been to family court, it is basically the Clark County courts equivalent of the Island of Misfit Toys.