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Inquest to investigate police actions, use of lateral vascular neck restraint in Queensland man Steven Nixon-McKellar's death

Steven Nixon-McKellar died after being arrested in Toowoomba in 2021. (Supplied: Raelene Nixon)

A police officer involved in the arrest of an Indigenous Queensland man told his colleague to "choke this c**t out" shortly before he died, a court has heard.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of people who have died

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