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George Floyd Square: Minneapolis mayor, city council president spar over site’s future

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — Minneapolis city leaders are at odds over how to reopen streets around the George Floyd memorial site. East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the south Minneapolis intersection where Floyd died last spring, has been blocked since May. City Council President Lisa Bender tweeted Tuesday

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Wisconsin lawmakers propose bipartisan bills to ban police chokeholds, increase use of force transparency

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — A bipartisan package of bills unveiled Wednesday aims to ban the use of chokeholds by Wisconsin police officers and increase transparency on other uses of force. Several of the bills, presented for co-sponsorship Wednesday, are similar to legislation called for last summer

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