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NY State Supreme Court Reinstates Ban on Police Choke Holds During Arrests

Caden Pearson
By Caden Pearson

New York state law that bans police officers from using any move that makes it hard for a suspect to breathe during an arrest, such as a choke hold, was reinstated Thursday.

The state’s Supreme Court Appellate Division overturned a June 2021 ruling that allowed the use of moves that compress the suspect’s diaphragm during arrests, New York Post reported.

Police unions and advocates brought the legal challenge to the Supreme Court last year, when Justice Laurence Love ruled the ban was “unconstitutionally vague.”…

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