CT Inspector General issues opinion on trooper who used chokehold on suspect in domestic incident

The Connecticut Office of Inspector General has cleared an off-duty state police trooper of any wrongdoing after he used a chokehold on a suspect in Wallingford last May to get him to release a similar hold he had on a fellow trooper.

Inspector General Robert Devlin Jr. released a report on the use of deadly force on Wednesday, finding that Trooper Joshua Wedge was justified when he applied a chokehold prohibited under state law to 35-year-old Ira Turner following a car chase and foot pursuit...