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Utah lawmakers ban knee-on-neck chokeholds

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, smiles as her bill to ban police officers from using “knee-on-neck” chokeholds passes the House, 69-5 during the morning session of the Utah Legislature’s Fifth Special Session on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The legislation also prohibits Utah’s police academy or local agencies from teaching new officers how to use chokeholds, carotid restraints or “any act that impedes the breathing or circulation of blood likely to produce a loss of consciousness” as a valid form of restraint.