The Floyd incident prompted communities across the United States to reconsider the use of these restraints.
Minneapolis City Council Voted On Friday To End The Use Of Neck Restraints And Neck Restraints Like Those Used By A White Policeman Who Raised His Knee In The Neck Of Unarmed Black Man George Floyd on May 25, triggering protests from coast to coast.
In California, Governor Gavin Newsom said he would end state police training in carotid restrictions similar to the technique used on Floyd by former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, while three officers remained at aside and watched Floyd die after pleading for his life.
Minneapolis police dismissed the four officers and they were charged with murder. The incident prompted communities across the United States to reconsider the use of these restraints.
The Minneapolis decision came in response to a Minnesota human rights complaint against the city. In a proposed court order to be approved by a judge, Minneapolis City Council said it would ban all strangulation and necking, and would require any member of the police department to immediately report any unauthorized use. authorized by force by an officer.
“Blacks, Indigenous peoples and communities of color have suffered from generational pain and trauma as a result of systemic and institutional racism and long-standing problems in policing,” said the proposed executive order, which the board approved unanimously.
San Diego County in California this week also banned carotid restraint, in which an officer blocks blood flow to an inmate’s brain, which leads to unconsciousness.
Newsom has said it supports legislation banning the use of the technique in local California police.
“At the end of the day, the carotid plug is literally designed to keep people’s blood from flowing into their brains,” said Newsom. “This has no place.”
Many police services have stopped the use of so-called chokes, which put pressure on an inmate’s windpipe, but still allow carotid restrictions.
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