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Friday 5 June 2020

'This is just a start': states announce police reforms as protests enter second weekend

  • Minneapolis and California take steps against dangerous tactics
  • Momentum continues but demonstrations grow more peaceful

Nationwide protests hurtled toward a second weekend following the police killing of George Floyd, as several cities and states took steps to reform controversial policing tactics.

In Minneapolis, where Floyd died last Monday after a white officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, the city agreed to ban chokeholds and neck restraints by police and to require officers to try to stop any other officers they see using improper force. They marked the first concrete steps to remake the city’s police force since Floyd’s death.

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