In recent days, police use of chemical gas and chokeholds has been restricted in cities including Seattle, San Diego and Denver. A supermajority of the Minneapolis City Council has vowed to disband the police department and overhaul the city’s handling of public safety, although the details have yet to be worked out. To permanently change the law, the council would need to hold public hearings and vote again. Tuesday’s legislation, for example, bars D.C. police from using chemical irritants to disperse a peaceful crowd of protesters. “Some of the resistance from the police union is a failure to recognize there needs to be reform,” Mendelson said.

Source: Washington Post June 09, 2020 18:36 UTC