LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Little Rock is banning police from using neck
restraints following nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd. Mayor
Frank Scott on Wednesday signed an executive order banning the use of the
restraints or officers being trained on them. The order also requires officers
to intervene to stop them from being used use if they witness it. The order
follows protests in Arkansas and nationwide over Floyd’s death last month in
Minneapolis. Floyd died May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his
knee into his neck for almost eight minutes, even after Floyd stopped moving and
pleading for air.
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