Meanings of ban chokehold in English

With Congress today proposing legislation to ban chokeholds, that's a major step forward.

The New York Police Department banned chokeholds in 1993.

The state of Minnesota has also launched a civil rights investigation against police and banned chokeholds and neck restraints.

Slideshow (30 images) Trump's decision to ban chokeholds appears similar to the ban included in the Democratic legislation.

McCarthy said there were elements in the Democratic proposal that Republicans could work with them on, such as banning chokeholds.

An NYPD administrative judge found him guilty of committing reckless assault and violating department rules by using a banned chokehold.

Skeptics remained after Harris co-sponsored a Democratic bill this week that would ban chokeholds and remove some legal protection for police officers.

He cited the case of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old unarmed black man who died after New York police put him in a banned chokehold.

Minneapolis city council has voted to ban chokeholds and neck restraints by police officers, and Democrats in Congress have unveiled sweeping legislation on police reform.

Some of those changes include banning chokeholds by cops and forcing them to report and intervene if excessive force is being used by another officer.

During that trial, prosecutors from the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board, an oversight agency, argued that Pantaleo should be fired for using a banned chokehold.

In New York City, Eric Garner told a white officer who placed him in a banned chokehold that he could not breathe before he died.