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Wisconsin Senate passes bill prohibiting police chokeholds

Wisconsin Senate passes bill prohibiting police chokeholds Celine Castronuovo © Getty Images Wisconsin Senate passes bill prohibiting police chokeholds The Wisconsin state Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of legislation that would ban police from using chokeholds during arrests, unless they are in exceptional life-threatening situations. The bill passed through a voice vote in the Republican-controlled Senate, despite opposition from some Democrats, who argued that there should be no exceptions to a chokehold ban, The Associated Press reported. However, state GOP lawmakers have argued that the bill would all-but eliminate the use of chokeholds, a use of force that gained increased national scrutiny in the past year following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.

Wisconsin police chokeholds ban, state Senate passes bill

Wisconsin police chokeholds ban, state Senate passes bill By Scot Bauer Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would prohibit police from using chokeholds, except in life-threatening situations or to defend themselves, while also approving a measure that attempts to stop the defunding of police. The chokehold measure is one in a series of police reform bills making their way through the Wisconsin Legislature a year after George Floyd s death in Minneapolis. Floyd, who was Black, died after white police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into his neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds. Chauvin lost his job and was found guilty of murder. Numerous other shootings of Black people by white police officers across the country, including in Wisconsin, have placed greater attention on policing policies and accelerated calls for change.

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