Police in Minneapolis will be forbidden to use chokeholds and neck restraints under reforms negotiated by city and state authorities.
In an emergency vote on Friday, …
Police in Minneapolis will be forbidden to use chokeholds and neck restraints under reforms negotiated by city and state authorities.
In an emergency vote on Friday, the Minneapolis city council approved an agreement with the state Department of Human Rights, which earlier this week opened an investigation into the killing of George Floyd by city police.
The temporary restraining order requires the city to update its procedures to ban the chokeholds and other neck restraints by police.
“Black, Indigenous, and communities of color have suffered generational pain and trauma as a result of systemic and institutional racism and long-standing problems in policing. This continuous harm was once again highlighted by the in-custody death of George Floyd,” the agreement says.
The reforms follow the widespread and sometimes violent protests after Floyd was killed when then-officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee planted on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes.
