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France abandoned its chokehold ban less than a week after announcing it
Police outfits in Italy, the Netherlands, Wales, and England are using the Taser, a less-lethal wea…
Isaac Scher
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Angry French cops threw away their handcuffs to protest a new ban on chokeholds
"We don't have a substitute technique," a police union rep told AFP of chokeholds. "So how do we do…
K. Thor Jensen
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Police departments across the country are banning chokeholds and other 'deadly force' techniques in the wake of George Floyd's killing
Chokeholds are a "deadly force option," a Minneapolis police manual says. They're now banned in Den…
Isaac Scher
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Governor Gavin Newsom and California state representatives call for a ban of controversial neck hold used by police
Governor Newsom and members of California Legislature's Black and Latinx causes are calling to ban …
Canela López
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Russia's energy chokehold over the EU means it will continue to pose a danger, even if it's defeated in Ukraine
The EU is banning Russian oil by sea, but it's still funding Putin's war machine via pipeline and g…
John Haltiwanger,Ben Winck
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The Los Angeles Police Department is the latest to review the use of chokeholds and temporarily ban them
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has also called for a statewide ban on "carotid holds," last week.
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Putin's invasion of Ukraine backfired spectacularly by uniting the West in unprecedented ways and putting a chokehold on Russia's economy
Western nations are setting aside long-held traditions to help Ukraine and imposing sanctions that …
Sonam Sheth,John Haltiwanger
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The Department of Justice is prohibiting federal officers from using chokeholds or no-knock warrants
Only when deadly force is authorized can officers actually use chokeholds and neck restraints, the …
Jake Epstein,Madison Hall
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Surveillance video shows an off-duty Kenosha police officer using an outlawed chokehold on a 12-year-old girl
The use of chokeholds by police officers was outlawed in Wisconsin in 2021 after the murder of Geor…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A New York City police officer caught on video using an 'apparent chokehold' on a suspect has been charged and has a history of violent behavior
Body-camera footage released by the NYPD shows four officers piling on top of a Black man before he…
Kelly McLaughlin
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New York City is reportedly voting on a bill that would criminalize the NYPD's use of chokeholds during an arrest, as protests for George Floyd rage on
Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to veto the bill in 2015, but said Sunday that he would support it if…
Rosie Perper
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Trump says chokeholds by police sound 'so innocent and so perfect' but that 'generally speaking' the practice should be ended
Trump appeared to suggest that chokeholds might be permissible in certain situations, such as if po…
John Haltiwanger
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3 police officers were placed on leave after photographing themselves reenacting the chokehold used on Elijah McClain near his memorial
McClain, 23, died less than a week after being put into a chokehold and injected with ketamine duri…
Ashley Collman
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France barred police from using chokeholds after its own Black Lives Matter protests, but it glossed over other forms of police brutality
The ban came hours after President Emmanuel Macron demanded French police forces "accelerate" ethic…
Bill Bostock
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Colorado reopens investigation into the 2019 death of Elijah McClain a 23-year-old Black man who died days after being put in a chokehold by police
Elijah McClain died on August 30, 2019, days after he was placed in a chokehold by Aurora police of…
Michelle Mark
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Banning legitimate vaping is 'absolute madness'
When ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002, one of his first initiatives was…
Anthony L. Fisher
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Starbucks bans employees from wearing clothes supporting Black Lives Matter
The company said it's "committed to being a part of change" but said "agitators" in the movement co…
Isaac Scher
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Lana Del Rey's cover art for her new album is so bad that fans started a petition to ban her from PicsArt
On Tuesday, the "Wild at Heart" singer announced that her eighth studio album, "Blue Banisters," wi…
Callie Ahlgrim
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District Attorney Will Empanel Grand Jury In NYPD Chokehold Death Case
"Based upon the investigation that my office has conducted to date regarding the July 17, 2014, dea…
Colin Campbell
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'NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!': Community Marches Against 'Racist' NYPD After Chokehold Death
Prior to the march to the site of Garner's death, Rev. Al Sharpton, Garner's family, activists, and…