New York passed law restricting police force
'09.06.2020'
Vita Popova
For his violation threatens to 15 years in prison. The law is named after Eric Garner, strangled by a police officer during his arrest in 2014. This publication writes CBS News.
On Monday, June 8, the New York State Assembly passed a law prohibiting the use of asphyxiation. The law was named after Eric Garner, who died of being strangled by a policeman in 2014 after being detained for selling cigarettes on a street in New York.
The law passed both houses of the New York State Legislature. Now Governor Andrew Cuomo must sign it.
This law criminalizes the use of asphyxiating grips, resulting in personal injury or death.
“Nearly six years ago, we heard Eric Garner tell police, 'I can't breathe,' when a NYPD officer used a choke hold on him,” Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley said Monday. , sponsor of the bill. "His words now ring out of the grave when we deal with the murder of police officer George Floyd under nearly identical circumstances."
If such an incident recurs, a policeman guilty of death by using “strangulation or similar restriction” may be charged with a Class C offense. This provides for imprisonment of up to 15 years.
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“I worked with my colleagues in the Assembly to reform our state's disrupted criminal justice system. Holding law enforcement officials accountable for their actions is a necessary part of this, ”said Speaker Carl Heastie. He noted that the ban on the use of suffocation by police in New York was "insufficient to protect Eric Garner, and today it is not enough." "This legislation will end practice across the state," he said. It is worth noting that the use of suffocation by the New York police was already banned in 1993.
According to a statement released by the New York State Assembly, 996 people reported that after the death of Garner, New York police officers used asphyxiation against them.
It was previously reported that the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio threatens to cut police funding. He made such a decision amid protests and criticism against him.
