Chicago proposes chokehold ban in wake of U.S. protests

[inanna]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Chicago city council members have proposed a ban on the use of chokeholds by police officers working within city limits in an expansive proposal coming in the wake of the chokehold death of an unarmed black man being arrested in New York.

The proposal, which includes all security personnel such as deputy sheriffs, U.S. Marshals and private security guards, is the first among U.S. municipalities attempting to regulate arrest techniques after a grand jury last week declined to indict a New York City police officer in a chokehold death.

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The Chicago ordinance defines a chokehold as "any pressure to the throat or windpipe, which may prevent or hinder breathing or reduce intake of air."

A group of New York City council members are proposing a similar ordinance, which has not yet gone to the council for a vote. It does not include security personnel outside the police department, however.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-usa-chicago-chokehold-idUSKBN0JO1X220141211

[Feral Child]

1. K&R n/t

[littlewolf]

2. fat lot of good it will do. it is banned in NY also. nt

[lunasun]

3. A group of New York City council members are proposing a similar ordinance, currently

But NYC 's would not include security guards etc.