France will no longer allow police to use chokeholds
French police will no longer be allowed to use chokeholds during arrests, the interior minister said Monday, banning the immobilization technique after it came under renewed criticism following George Floyd’s death in the United States.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, gestures during a media conference in Paris, Monday, June 8, 2020. He said police will no longer conduct chokeholds that have been blamed for multiple cases of asphyxiation and have come under renewed criticism after George Floyd’s death in the United States.Yet Castaner stopped short of banning another technique — pressing on a prone suspect’s chest, which also has been blamed for leading to asphyxiation and possible death.
President Emmanuel Macron has stayed unusually silent so far both about Floyd’s death and what’s happening in France. Macron’s office said he spoke to the prime minister and other top officials over the weekend, and asked Castaner to “accelerate” plans to improve police ethics that were initially promised in January.
Last week, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation into racist insults and instigation of racial hatred based on comments allegedly published by police in a private Facebook group.
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