Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds

FILE – In this Monday, May 25, 2020, file frame from video provided by Darnella Frazier, then-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin kneels on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed man who was pleading that he could not breathe. Floyd’s death and the bystander video showing him pleading for air under an officer’s knee, prompted states to take action on an aspect of policing very few had addressed before the racial protests of the summer of 2020. (Darnella Frazier via AP, File)

Democratic Rep. Leslie Herod had no luck persuading her colleagues in the Colorado Legislature to ban

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