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Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, discusses his support to a proposed measure by Assemblyman Mike Gipson, D-Carson, to make it &quot;illegal to use the choke hold and carotid artery restrain tactics to forcibly detain a suspect,&quot; during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 8, 2020. The proposal appears to go beyond any other state's law and comes after a different restraint hold was used by Minneapolis police was blamed for the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California legislative leaders back state ‘sleeper hold’ ban

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Some ‘protests’ bad as original act

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials, Monday, June 8, 2020, at the White House in Washington. Seated with Trump are Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, left, and Pat Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump says no dismantling, defunding of police in face of protests

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, former NBA player Michael Jordan reacts while speaking during a celebration of life for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in Los Angeles. Jordan is "deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry." With protesters taking to the streets across the United States again Sunday, May 31, Jordan released a statement on George Floyd and the killings of black people at the hands of police. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ** FILE **

Athletes step up with donations to racial justice causes

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Asian commission criticized for Black Lives Matter statement

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

This May 31, 2020, photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested Friday, May 29, in the Memorial Day death of George Floyd. Prosecutors are charging Chauvin, accused of pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck, with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP, File)

Derek Chauvin’s bail set at more than $1 million

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Demonstrators decorate their vehicles to participate in a procession to honor the life of George Floyd on Monday, June 8, 2020, in Long Beach, Calif. Floyd died in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Thousands of LA protesters won’t face curfew, other charges

By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

Mourners are guided into the Fountain of Praise Church during a public visitation for George Floyd Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis Police officers on May 25. (Godofredo A. V&#225;squez, Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)

Hundreds line up for George Floyd’s memorial in Houston

By Juan A. Lozano and Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Police want 17-year-old for attempted murder during rioting

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Kansas City, Kansas, leader forms task force on policing

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Law enforcement workers disciplined for social media posts

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Denver fully bans chokeholds, requires report for aimed guns

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In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The police killing of George Floyd and the civil and political unrest that’s rocked the nation in the week since has the potential to reshape Joe Biden’s vice-presidential selection process. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Joe Biden heads to Houston to meet with George Floyd’s family

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This image shows, from left, Trey Songz performing at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 25, 2017, Mickey Guyton performing at the PBS's American Masters &quot;Patsy Clyne&quot; panel at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2017 and Leon Bridges performing at the 2016 Apollo Theater Spring Gala in New York on June 13, 2016. The trio are among several artists who have released songs in response to the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo)

Amid unrest, songs continue to voice the black experience

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

A woman holds a sign calling for the repeal of 50-a, a law that shields police misconduct records from public view, and calling for defunding the New York Police Department, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in New York, as she marches with others attending a Pray and Protest rally and march in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Socialists, with George Floyd, get their anti-police wedge

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, June 1, 2020 file photo, protesters gather at a memorial for George Floyd where he died outside Cup Foods on East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. The deaths of Floyd and other black men at the hands of Minneapolis police have exacerbated the corrosive relationship between people of color and a criminal justice system they feel is stacked against them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

In Minneapolis, rage over George Floyd extends beyond cops

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL - Associated Press

This May 31, 2020, photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested Friday, May 29, in the Memorial Day death of George Floyd. Prosecutors are charging Chauvin, accused of pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck, with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP, File)

Derek Chauvin to make first court appearance after George Floyd’s death

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A man drives into the crowd at 11th and Pike, injuring at least one person, before exiting the car and brandishing an apparent firearm, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Seattle, during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The man reaching into the car to stop it was injured. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

The Latest: George Floyd to be buried Tuesday in Houston

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Demonstrators protest Saturday, June 6, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Andrew Cuomo urges George Floyd protesters to get coronavirus test

By Brian Mahoney and Kimberlee Kruesi - Associated Press