D66 call for choke hold to be banned in wake of George Floyd's death
4 years, 7 months ago

D66 call for choke hold to be banned in wake of George Floyd's death

Dutch News  

Coalition party D66 has called for police to be banned from using choke holds in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Other coalition parties dismissed Jetten’s proposal and accused D66 of being an ‘anti-police party’, while police unions attacked the idea as ‘a bolt from the blue’. If we chuck things together too easily we’ll make a mess of them.’ Justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus stressed that George Floyd had been strangled, which is forbidden in the Netherlands, and said the introduction of electric stun gadgets such as Tasers would make choke holds redundant. Jan Struijs, chairman of the police union NPB, said Dutch police applied choke holds ‘very carefully and reservedly’.

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NYPD officer charged with using chokehold banned after George Floyd’s death
5 months ago

NYPD officer charged with using chokehold banned after George Floyd’s death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A New York City police officer faces criminal charges that he tried to arrest a man by using a chokehold that was banned after the death of George Floyd, prosecutors said. Officer Omar Habib, 40, was arraigned Thursday on charges including strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and using unlawful methods of restraint, Bronx District …

Court upholds NYC law banning the types of police restraints that killed George Floyd, Eric Garner
1 year, 1 month ago

Court upholds NYC law banning the types of police restraints that killed George Floyd, Eric Garner

Associated Press  

A New York City law that forbids police from using chokeholds or sitting, kneeling, or standing on someone’s torso during an arrest was upheld Monday by the state’s highest court. However, it noted that for officers to be found criminally liable under the law, they had to apply the banned force voluntarily “not accidentally,” and that “such conduct must fall …

Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds
3 years, 7 months ago

Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds

Associated Press  

Democratic Rep. Leslie Herod had no luck persuading her colleagues in the Colorado Legislature to ban police from using chokeholds after the death of a 23-year-old Black man in suburban Aurora in 2019. Within a month of Floyd’s death, Colorado lawmakers took the step they had avoided after the death of Elijah McClain and approved a ban on chokeholds as …

Ban on chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms
4 years, 3 months ago

Ban on chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that will phase out the state’s remaining juvenile prisons. Still, Assemblyman Mike Gipson said his bill was spurred by Floyd and “many others have cried out, ‘I can’t breathe,’ and law enforcement must now use alternative methods to restrain a suspect instead of these life-threatening holds.” California’s ban applies to arm-based grips, including chokeholds, …

How Decades Of Bans On Police Chokeholds Have Fallen Short
4 years, 6 months ago

How Decades Of Bans On Police Chokeholds Have Fallen Short

NPR  

How Decades Of Bans On Police Chokeholds Have Fallen Short Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Pizzello/AP Chris Pizzello/AP In the wake of George Floyd's death, a flashpoint in the debates over police reform has been the push to ban chokeholds nationwide. But an NPR review of bans on neck restraints in some of the nation's largest police departments found …

Donald Trump says US police should end chokeholds in wake of George Floyd death, apart from during 'bad scuffles'
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump says US police should end chokeholds in wake of George Floyd death, apart from during 'bad scuffles'

ABC  

US President Donald Trump says police use of chokeholds "should be ended" in most instances. Key points: Mr Trump says he doesn't like chokeholds as a common police practice There is support on both sides of Congress for a ban on chokeholds Minneapolis has passed a resolution to replace its police department in wake of George Floyd's death However, he …

Trump says chokeholds by police should generally ‘be ended’
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump says chokeholds by police should generally ‘be ended’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’d like to see an end to the police use of chokeholds, except in certain circumstances. “I don’t like chokeholds,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Channel that aired Friday. Eric Garner died in 2014 after a police chokehold, though the officer responsible maintains he used a different, legal takedown maneuver called …

The cities, states and countries finally putting an end to police neck restraints
4 years, 7 months ago

The cities, states and countries finally putting an end to police neck restraints

CNN  

CNN — Police departments around the world are moving to ban neck restraints in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the widespread protests that followed. Gavin Newsom directed police departments last week to stop training officers to use carotid holds, calling the technique “a strangle hold that puts people’s lives at risk.” Carotid restraints are performed by compressing the …

D66 call for choke hold to be banned in wake of George Floyd's death
4 years, 7 months ago

D66 call for choke hold to be banned in wake of George Floyd's death

Dutch News  

Coalition party D66 has called for police to be banned from using choke holds in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Other coalition parties dismissed Jetten’s proposal and accused D66 of being an ‘anti-police party’, while police unions attacked the idea as ‘a bolt from the blue’. If we chuck things together too easily we’ll make a mess …

Ban police chokeholds after George Floyd's death: Dutch coalition party
4 years, 7 months ago

Ban police chokeholds after George Floyd's death: Dutch coalition party

NL Times  

Coalition party D66 wants to ban the police from using chokeholds on people. The chokehold too often leads to fatalities and "has also come to symbolize situations in which the monopoly on violence is aimed at an unarmed person of color," the party said to NOS. "A police force for all should not use a technique that too often kills, …

France will ban police use of chokeholds
4 years, 7 months ago

France will ban police use of chokeholds

CNN  

CNN — After a week of large demonstrations against racism and police brutality, at home and abroad, the French government announced Monday that police will no longer be able to use chokeholds when arresting people. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the use of chokeholds – which he described as applying pressure on an individual’s neck or throat while holding them …

Minneapolis bans police chokeholds in wake of Floyd’s death
4 years, 7 months ago

Minneapolis bans police chokeholds in wake of Floyd’s death

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis agreed Friday to ban chokeholds and neck restraints by police and to require officers to try to stop any other officers they see using improper force, in the first concrete steps to remake the city’s police force since George Floyd’s death. “That has no place any longer in 21st-century practices and policing.” The Minneapolis agreement requires court …

Minneapolis City Council votes to ban chokeholds one day after George Floyd memorial
4 years, 7 months ago

Minneapolis City Council votes to ban chokeholds one day after George Floyd memorial

CNN  

CNN — Police officers in Minneapolis would be banned from using chokeholds under a measure approved Friday by the city. “We cannot let George Floyd’s death be in vain,” said Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero, a day after hundreds of people celebrated Floyd’s life in the first of several memorials. Frey said there were difficulties in the past to make …

Police agencies are banning a controversial neck hold after George Floyd’s death
4 years, 7 months ago

Police agencies are banning a controversial neck hold after George Floyd’s death

LA Times  

After the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man killed in police custody, more than a dozen police agencies in California said this week that they are banning the use of carotid neck restraints. The move followed widespread protests that prompted more than a dozen law enforcement agencies in California — including the San Diego police and sheriff’s departments — …

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