Nearly four years after George Floyd suffocated to death while being pinned face down to the pavement by a police officer, Minnesota Democrats are fast-tracking legislation that would undo a less-than ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — A group of parents, educators, experts, and advocates converged on the State Capitol Thursday to speak in defense of a new state law that bars school employees and contractors from ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Following the death of George Floyd, there are calls for a number of criminal justice reforms, including in California where support is growing for a ban on chokehold restraints.

Colorado lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would target law enforcement’s use of a common hold called prone restraint for stronger regulation, though they scaled back initial plans for broader ...

A group who says they’re in favor of a law that passed in the Minnesota Legislature that limits the number of restraints that can be used by school resource officers is expected to speak Thursday ...

The Minnesota State Capitol is pictured on the first day of the new session on Monday. CATHY WURZER: Our top story-- Minnesota lawmakers are moving forward quickly on a bill that walks back a 2023 ban ...

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A candle is reflected in one of two photographs of Max Benson, 13, at his vigil at Guiding Hands School on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in El Dorado Hills, Calif. Benson, who had autism, became ...