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Two Indiana police officers suspended after using chokehold two days after department banned it

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Two Indiana police officers have been put on administrative leave after being caught on video using a chokehold while arresting a man just days after neck restraints were banned by their department.  The mayor of Anderson, Indiana, and its police chief have revealed that Anderson Police officers Brandon Reynolds and Ashley Gravely were put on paid … Read more

NYPD cop is suspended without pay after bodycam footage appeared to show him using a chokehold

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New York Police Department has suspended an officer for slamming a black man to the ground on Sunday and putting him in a chokehold – eight days after Governor Andrew Cuomo banned the tactic. The man, who gave his name to officers as Ricky Bellevue, was standing with two white men on the boardwalk at … Read more