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Ban on chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms

by Associated Press
| September 30, 2020 6:03 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Spurred by the slayings of George Floyd and other Black people in police custody across the country, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday banned certain chokeholds as he approved several new laws designed to increase oversight of the criminal justice system.

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