Minneapolis City Council votes to ban chokeholds one day after George Floyd memorial

Police officers in Minneapolis would be banned from using chokeholds under a measure approved Friday by the city.

The restraining order represents the first policing change in the city since George Floyd’s death last week.

“We cannot let George Floyd’s death be in vain,” said Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero, a day after hundreds of people celebrated Floyd’s life in the first of several memorials. Continue reading.