BREAKING: Minneapolis City Council unanimously votes for immediate reform within the city's police department, including banning chokeholds.
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted in an emergency hearing on Friday for immediate reform within the city's police department including banning chokeholds.
"I believe there is sufficient information to investigate whether the respondent utilizes systemic discriminatory patterns or practices towards people of color, specifically Black community members, on the basis of race and in the area of public services," wrote Lucero in the"George Floyd is pictured in an undated photo released by the office of Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump.
The state's attorney general took over the case and amended the charges against Chauvin to include second-degree murder. Thao, Kueng and Lane were also arrested and charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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