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SDPD bans the carotid restraint | Lyndsay Winkley, Teri Figueroa

Episode Summary

A U-T analysis found that the hold was being used disproportionately on black San Diegans.

Episode Notes

On the heels of protests over the death of George Floyd, the San Diego Police Department announced it would stop using a controversial neck restraint that a U-T analysis found is disproportionately used on black San Diegans.

Floyd, a black man, died after a white officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Learn more from Public Safety reporter Teri Figueroa and Watchdog reporter Lyndsay Winkley.


Read more here: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-06-01/san-diego-police-end-use-carotid-restraint-effective-immediately