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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The neck restraint blamed for George Floyd’s death is allowed under Louisville Metro Police Department policy, but only in life-or-death situations that permit lethal force.  The department’s standard operating procedure cautions that officers should “avoid placing weight on a person’s neck” because of the “increased risk of injury.”  Many departments — including Minneapolis, where Floyd died on Memorial Day last year — have banned chokeholds an...

“It was one of the great disappointments of the last session,” said Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, who sponsored police training legislation that died when the House failed to take it up by the end of 2020, choosing to approve its own version instead.  “It seems to me that there are a few ideas in that area that we should be able to come together on, and improving (police) training is perhaps the most obvious and easiest area of compromise and collaboration,” Irwin told Bridge Michigan....

As New Police Reform Laws Sweep Across the U.S., Some Ask: Are They Enough? States have passed over 140 police oversight bills since the killing of George Floyd, increasing accountability and overhauling rules on the use of force. But the calls for change continue. A protest last week after the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was killed by the police in Brooklyn Center, Minn.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times April 18, 2021, 12:24 p.m. ET In February, Illinois en...

York County police departments adopt #8CantWait to mitigate misconduct The campaign stresses eight ways that police departments can reduce incidents of brutality. Two prominent York County police departments say the principles in the #8CantWait campaign were already in practice, either formally or informally, but that they see merit in officially recognizing them. Campaign Zero conceived eight police reform tenets with the goal of reducing police brutality: Ban choke holds and strangle holds Re...

Activists Question Whether Police Reform Bills Are Enough Steve Eder, Michael H. Keller and Blacki Migliozzi © Victor J. Blue for The New York Times A memorial to Mr. Wright at the location where he was shot by a Brooklyn Center police officer. In February, Illinois enacted a law that rewrote many of the state’s rules of policing, and mandated that officers wear body cameras. In March, New York City moved to make it easier for citizens to sue officers. This month, the Maryl...

Researchers found officers more likely to stop, search and use force against Black residents. Author: Brandon Lewis Updated: 7:33 PM PDT April 15, 2021 SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council reviewed a report on policing during its Tuesday meeting. The research, conducted by Campaign Zero, was released last year with data through 2019. It found officers were more likely to stop, search and use force against Black residents. “You have areas of the city where t...

Share this - copied The police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, along with the local police chief, have both resigned. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on the nationwide protests over Wright’s avoidable death and discusses how police killing is a recurring American ritual with Minnesota state Rep. Cedrick Frazier, Campaign Zero co-founder DeRay Mckesson, and former police chief Cedric Alexander.April 14, 2021 ReadMore

Amna Nawaz: … ended with the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Police Chief Tim Gannon said today he believes the officer accidentally drew her handgun, instead of her Taser. Police Chief Tim Gannon: As I watch the video and listen to the officers commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet. Amna Nawaz: Police had previously said Wright was being arrested on an outstanding warrant. The state Bureau of C...

When former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on the neck of George Floyd as he lay handcuffed and dying face down in the street, it seemed an obviously excessive use of force. Captured on video by a bystander, the searing image of Chauvin’s failure to get off Floyd for more than nine minutes led to widespread angry protests against police brutality and demands for reform in cities across the United States and the world. Now, nearly a year later, as Chauvin goes on tri...

NYPD officer accused of abuse in no-knock raid cleared by agency Isaac Okoli claimed police planted drugs during the incident and has filed a lawsuit against the city and the NYPD officer has been cleared of abuse claims after a no-knock raid went wrong. Lawrence Avvenire was cleared of wrongdoing by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) after he was accused of abusing his authority in the December 2017 raid. According to the report, the NYPD did not share with the CCRB the botched no-...