nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Minnesota Lawmakers Ban Police Chokeholds, ‘Warrior-Style Training’||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The bill’s most high-profile sections put new limits on police use of force in a bid to increase accountability nearly two months after George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.

Minnesota’s Legislature has approved a bill to revise rules on police use of force in response to the killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police offer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Here, a boy runs past a mural at memorial to Floyd outside Cup Foods.

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Minnesota Lawmakers Ban Police Chokeholds, ‘Warrior-Style Training’

The bill’s most high-profile sections put new limits on police use of force in a bid to increase accountability nearly two months after George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.