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California eyes 11 police reforms after George Floyd's death
Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com ^ | Updated 1:00 pm PDT, Monday, August 10, 2020 | Don Thompson, Associated Press

Posted on 08/15/2020 11:10:00 PM PDT by thecodont

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are pushing to enact nearly a dozen policing reform laws driven by nationwide outrage and protests after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May. Lawmakers have until Aug. 31 to approve and send legislation to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The bills include:

CHOKEHOLDS

AB1196 by Assemblyman Mike Gipson, D-Carson, would bar law enforcement agencies from using carotid restraints, chokeholds or similar techniques.

The California Police Chiefs Association initially called for banning the carotid and chokeholds, but withdrew its support after it said Gipson broadened his bill “to include additional restrictions that are vague and subjective.”

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; crime; georgefloyd; icantbreathe; police; policereform; reform
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1 posted on 08/15/2020 11:10:00 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

Per the comments (best part of these skewed articles), people are starting to realize (a) Floyd died of a drug overdose, (b) Antifa is behind this and its goal is the abolition of police and law enforcement, and (c) Democrats support criminals.


2 posted on 08/15/2020 11:13:10 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

They can still try the Vulcan neck pinch.


3 posted on 08/15/2020 11:23:59 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: thecodont

Clearly Floyd shoulda been on a EMT gurney when his body dived under his drug load.


4 posted on 08/15/2020 11:24:08 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: thecodont

How about: never attempt to take anyone high on fentanyl into custody. It is not worth the risk.


5 posted on 08/15/2020 11:24:55 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: thecodont

Lots of body cameras will have been discovered pointing at the sky.


6 posted on 08/15/2020 11:28:45 PM PDT by Does so (Neo-Venezuelans = Democrats = Rioters = Looters)
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To: thecodont

I think the police need a lot more money. They are just barely getting by. Why let the bad guy have the say??


7 posted on 08/15/2020 11:49:55 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: the_Watchman

Suspects who resist arrest are usually under the influence of something. Fentanyl, bath salts, alcohol, etc.

Rodney King (1991) was arrested for drunk driving and tried to evade arrest. One of the officers thought he was lunging at him.


8 posted on 08/15/2020 11:55:50 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

I’m not fine with defunding but I am fine with reforms and transparency and accountability. I don’t want to live in anarchy but I don’t want to live in a police state either.


9 posted on 08/16/2020 12:03:26 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: thecodont

How could any of these laws prevented the 4X lethal dose of fentanyl that was in Floyd’s body from killing him?

Lets make a law that says breathing is normal.


10 posted on 08/16/2020 12:33:41 AM PDT by oldenuff35
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To: oldenuff35

gonna prohibit carotid choke holds huh...thats fine, but thing is, none of the 4 Minneapolis cops used that on Floyd...that was a restraint for delirium...drug-delirium can cause suspects that are cuffed to run into traffic, slam their heads into objects....walls, cars, floors etc. Saw more body cam footage today, never get a conviction,,,that guy was crazy/insane. Cops did nothing wrong.


11 posted on 08/16/2020 1:36:06 AM PDT by basalt (w.h.)
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To: thecodont

Wasn’t any dispute about Rodney “lunging”. He threw off the four officers who were trying to cuff him, got up off the ground, and ran directly toward Lawrence Powell and Melanie Singer. Had Koon not told her to stand down, there’s a sizable chance she’d have shot Rodney.


12 posted on 08/16/2020 3:35:44 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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To: thecodont

So, essentially, their solution to Floyd’s death is to ban all the things that had absolutely nothing to do with it. Sheer genius.


13 posted on 08/16/2020 3:39:05 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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To: basalt

The full body cam videos plus a close reading of the autopsy means no guilty verdict for the officers, which means our cities burn again, since so many are so invested in the lie of a narrative they’ve been fed. Which is just fine with those behind all this, they are out to create chaos.


14 posted on 08/16/2020 3:39:54 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: thecodont

Make it illegal for fentanyl users to get behind the steering wheel of a car?


15 posted on 08/16/2020 4:44:00 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: thecodont

“””Per the comments (best part of these skewed articles), people are starting to realize (a) Floyd died of a drug overdose,””””””

I have been saying that from the beginning. I never bought the story that he was murdered by racist cops.


16 posted on 08/16/2020 4:59:45 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: thecodont

So now that they have created new police guidelines, what are the guidelines for the community?

Are there going to be any consequences for the automatic escalation that certain people go to automatically?

Nah, the people can act like total a holes at all times.


17 posted on 08/16/2020 5:37:45 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: the_Watchman

But how would cops know the erratic driver was on fentanyl or just drunk without pulling him over?

We just had a big wreck in Oklahoma when two meth heads ran their car up a steel electric pole. It hit the pole so hard the car did a double back flip back onto the highway. The pole did not survive.

Rodney King was believed to be on “Angel Dust”. Dusted, the cops called it, since tasers had no effect on him.


18 posted on 08/16/2020 5:45:03 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: thecodont

Rodney King (1991) was arrested for drunk driving and tried to evade arrest. One of the officers thought he was lunging at him.”””

Rodney King was trying to evade 7 different police groups in a YUGO, going 105 +++ on the 210 Freeway. I am still amazed that the YUGO didn’t seize up a wheel bearing & crash.

He had a complete cocktail of drugs in his system, including massive amounts of PCP. Liquor, also.

4 officers—one each on his arms & legs, were trying to hold him down to cuff him & subdue him. Those officers were at least 180# each.

King threw all 4 of them OFF & tried to escape.

I call the George Floyd incident Rodney King 2.0......


19 posted on 08/16/2020 6:08:47 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: thecodont

One of the 15 reforms...

“At the beginning of their shift, all officers will handcuff themselves to the steering wheel.”


20 posted on 08/16/2020 6:16:58 AM PDT by moovova (https://therealjoe.com/)
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