Update (July 21, 2020): In response to the killing of George Floyd , the Minnesota Legislature has passed new police accountability measures that ban neck restraints, PIX11 reported . The bill was approved by the House 102 to 29 just before midnight as lawmakers worked on what was described as one of the most substantial changes to the state’s criminal justice system in years. The package also bans chokeholds and so-called warrior-style training, ABC News reports . The legislation calls for improvements to the state’s data collection on deadly force encounters and establishes a unit to investigate such cases. The Senate passed the new measures 60 to 7 and sent it over to Gov. Tim Walz. The bill had been under negotiation since the passing of Floyd on May 25. Floyd died after former officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee in his neck for almost 10 minutes while restraining him on the ground after he was handcuffed, as Blavity previously reported . Original (June 8, 2020): The...
