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No chokeholds in NYC

MANHATTAN — The New York Court of Appeals ruled against New York City police unions and upheld the city’s ban on chokeholds and other restraint maneuvers that can compress people’s airways. The ban is neither preempted by state law nor vague, and constitutes a valid exercise of the city’s lawmaking authority.

Read the ruling here.

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