BREAKING: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a series of police reforms that include making police use of chokeholds that result in injury or death a crime.
The man is now in stable condition at Erie County Medical Center. Buffalo police Commissioner Byron C. Lockwood has ordered the immediate suspension of two officers involved.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a series of police reforms Friday that include making police use of chokeholds that result in injury or death a crime.The reforms also include a repeal of a measure known as 50-A that shields police disciplinary records from public view.
Rev. Al Sharpton, who appeared at Friday's news conference alongside Cuomo, said the governor"raised the bar" by adding an executive order that requires mayors and police departments to modernize strategies and programs or risk losing state aid. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo addresses a briefing on the coronavirus disease response at the National Press Club following his meeting with President Trump in Washington, May 27, 2020.NYPD officers stand by as a march against police brutality proceeds through Lower Manhattan on June 11, 2020, in New York.
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