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Minneapolis Agrees To Ban Chokeholds And Neck Restraints By Police

The agreement between the city and state human rights authorities promises several reforms. It comes after the state opened a civil rights investigation into the city's police department.

Police in Minneapolis will be forbidden to use chokeholds and neck restraints under reforms negotiated by city and state authorities.

In an emergency vote Friday, the Minneapolis City Council with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which opened a civil rights this week into the city's police department in

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