The U.S. Department of Justice has made changes to how local police departments operate and handle engaging with criminals. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a new federal program aiming to limit the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants.
Under the new program, officers could use chokeholds and other “carotid restraints” only if they were faced with a threat of deadly force. In addition, officers would have to generally knock and announce themselves when serving a search warrants unless they could reasonably argue this would put their lives in immediate danger.-- More...
