A 6144 - Establishes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act - New York Key Vote

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Title: Establishes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act

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Title: Establishes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act

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Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Eric Gardner Anti-Chokehold Act.

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  • Specifies that a person is guilty of aggravated strangulation when a police or peace officer commits the crime of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation or uses a chokehold or similar restraint and thereby causes serious physical injury or death to another person (Sec. 1).

Title: Establishes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act

Title: Establishes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act

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