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Data: NYPD Still Using Chokeholds Despite Ban
Loaded on May 15, 2021
by Kevin Bliss
published in Criminal Legal News
June, 2021, page 18
Filed under:
Excessive Force (Police).
Location:
New York.
by Kevin Bliss
Chokeholds are considered deadly and explicitly prohibited according to the New York Police Department (“NYPD”) patrol guide. Yet in practice, low-grade punishment does little to prevent the maneuver from being used in abundance by police.
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