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The Chronicle’s guide to notable new music also features Kali Uchis, SZA and Badbadnotgood, among others.
ALBANY - New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday proposed a new measure limiting when police officers can use deadly force, pointing to the string of unarmed Black people killed by law enforcement as the impetus for change. James, a Democrat whose office is tasked with investigating police killings of unarmed civilians, introduced a new bill that would change state law that governs when law-enforcement officials can and can't use lethal force. The bill would still allow officers to use deadly force if the officer "reasonably believes" someone is about to use deadly force against th...
New York State Team The world has seen video of Daniel Prude, the 41-year-old Black man who died at the hospital last March 30, one week after police put physical pressure on his head and body on a cold Rochester street. Prude had been in the throes of a mental-health episode in the early-morning hours of March 23, 2020. Police had handcuffed the naked man and placed a spit hood on his head before pressing him to the street. The medical examiner ruled the subsequent death a homicide, caused in part by asphyxiation, the controversial diagnosis of "excited delirium," and PCP use. But when ass...