Rep. Jeffries, National Action Network & Gwen Carr Announce Reintroduction of Bill to Criminalize Chokehold
March 02, 2021
March 02, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release:
U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), the National Action Network and Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, announced the reintroduction of the Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act, legislation to make the chokehold and other strangulation tactics illegal under federal civil rights law. The bill, originally introduced by Rep. Jeffries in 2015, is included in the George Flo . . .
U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), the National Action Network and Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, announced the reintroduction of the Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act, legislation to make the chokehold and other strangulation tactics illegal under federal civil rights law. The bill, originally introduced by Rep. Jeffries in 2015, is included in the George Flo . . .