Saturday, 06 Jun 2020 10:25 AM MYT
In Minneapolis, where 46-year-old George Floyd died on May 25 after a police officer pinned him to the ground with a knee to the neck for nearly nine minutes, Democratic city leaders voted to end the use of knee restraints and choke holds, although the ordinance must be approved by a judge. “Mr. Floyd’s murder was the breaking point,” Cuomo, also a Democrat, said in a written statement. “People are saying enough is enough, we must change.”
All 57 members of a police tactical unit quit the unit to protest their treatment, local media said yesterday. In Washington, the city installed a street sign for “Black Lives Matter Plaza” at the intersection of H and 16th Streets near the White House.
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