Nearly 30 years ago, Portland found itself in the throes of an incident with haunting similarities to the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who was choked to death by New York City police.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As of Tuesday, Columbia police are not allowed to use chokeholds or lateral vascular neck restraints, often called sleeper holds, unless a life is at risk. Chokeholds that ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies are halting the use of carotid artery restraints, also known as sleeper holds, amid increased scrutiny ...

Law enforcement officers around Kansas haven’t been taught choke holds – or “sleeper holds” – as a compliance tactic for decades, the director of the state training academy said Thursday. “The risk of ...

BARTLESVILLE -- A 28-year-old Bartlesville man was arraigned Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge filed after a man he placed in a sleeper choke hold died, authorities said. Police said Lonnie ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Five and a half years after Denver sheriff's deputies grappled with Marvin Booker, some leaders in the state legislature are attempting to prevent the scenario that ended his life.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Assembly speaker and other key lawmakers on Monday backed making it illegal statewide for police to use a type of neck hold that blocks the flow of ...

Riviera Beach Police Chief Nathan “Nate” Osgood said he was so “sick to my stomach” about the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, he addressed his officers the next day on the ...