The Hill reports that eight weeks after the death of George Floyd, Minnesota’s Legislature passed a round of police accountability measures early Tuesday which includes a ban on chokeholds. In addition to the chokehold ban, this new legislation also improves data collection on deadly force encounters by creating a new investigative unit. A panel will… Read more »
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Some Police Officers #TakeAKnee Against Police Brutality
And when we think nothing will change, police officers in some U.S. cities were seen joining protesters in a call for an end to police brutality. These officer in Miami-Dade, Florida took a knee, a pose made famous by NFL QB Colin Kaepernick during his silent protests on the football field. If all police officers… Read more »