Nevada legislature votes to ban police from using chokeholds

Published August 2, 2020 7:19pm ET



The Nevada state legislature passed a series of police reforms, including a ban on the use of chokeholds by officers.

The state Senate and assembly each passed separate policing reforms on Saturday. The assembly passed legislation that forbids the use of chokeholds while the Senate passed legislation that repealed some legal protections afforded to police officers being investigated for misconduct.

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