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A protester confronts police officers at a rally over the death of George Floyd caused by police in Minneapolis, in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., May 30, 2020. /Reuters
Minneapolis city has agreed to ban the use of chokeholds by police as a way of restraining suspects during arrest.
The law enforcers will also be required to intervene and report any incidences of unauthorized use of force by their colleagues.
The moves come after days-long anti-racist protest sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, during arrest last week after a policeman knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes.
The new regulations are part of a stipulation between the city and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which launched a civil rights investigation this week in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody. The City Council is expected to approve the agreement Friday.
The agreement, which will be enforceable in court, would require any officer, regardless of tenure or rank, to immediately report the use of any neck restraint or choke hold from the scene to their commander or their commander’s superiors.
Similarly, any officer who sees another officer commit any unauthorized use of force, including any choke hold or neck restraint, must try to intervene verbally and even physically. If they don’t, they’d be subject to discipline as severe as if they themselves had used the prohibited force.
The agreement also requires authorization from the police chief or a designated deputy chief to use crowd control weapons, including chemical agents, rubber bullets, flash-bangs, batons, and marking rounds. And it requires more timely decisions on disciplining officers.
Source(s): AP
