The US city of Minneapolis is expected to approve an agreement Friday to ban the police use of chokeholds after an African Am
The U. S. city of Minneapolis is expected to approve an agreement Friday to ban the police use of chokeholds after an African American man died in police custody, triggering nearly two weeks of protests across America.
City negotiators agreed with the state of Minnesota to ban chokeholds and require police to intervene and report any unauthorized use of force by another officer.
The agreement, expected to be approved Friday by the Minneapolis City Council, came after the Minnesota Department of Human Rights began a civil rights investigation this week in response to the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died May 25 after a white policeman pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes as Floyd pleaded he could not breathe, the latest of many deaths of black Americans during or after encounters with white officers.
Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests demanding justice and systemic reforms. Thousands of protesters have also taken to the streets in large cities throughout the world, including London, Paris and Sydney.
In the United States, Washington is bracing for a large protest Saturday.
Protests in the city have been largely peaceful in recent days, prompting Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser to lift a 7 p.
