NYPD officers continue to use chokeholds — which can be deadly and are explicitly prohibited by the department — on civilians.

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Still Can’t Breathe <[link removed]> How NYPD officers continue to use chokeholds — which can be deadly and are explicitly prohibited by the department — on civilians, while officers with substantiated claims of abuse go without any meaningful punishment. by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY, video by Lucas Waldron, ProPublica

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