worldUpdated: Jun 06, 2020 13:25 ISTThe Minneapolis City Council on Friday voted to end use of chokeholds and neck restraints like that used by a white police officer who pressed his knee into the neck of unarmed black man George Floyd on May 25, sparking coast-to-coast protests. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom said he would end state police training in carotid restraints similar to the technique used on Floyd by former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin while three officers stood by and watched as Floyd died after pleading for his life. The Minneapolis police fired all four officers, and they have been charged with murder. The Minneapolis decision came in response to a Minnesota state human rights complaint against the city. “At the end of the day the carotid hold is literally designed to stop people’s blood from flowing into their brain,” Newsom said.

Source: Hindustan Times June 06, 2020 07:56 UTC