California’s Assembly speaker and other key lawmakers on Monday backed making it illegal statewide for police to use a type of neck hold, a response to protests over police brutality.
France will no longer allow police to use chokeholds
Congressional Democrats on Monday also introduced legislation aimed at reforming police practices, including by banning certain policing tactics including chokeholds. It is also supported by the California Medical Assn. because the holds “can be misapplied and botched easily,” incoming President Dr. Lee Snook said
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