Minnesota lawmakers pass police accountability package

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has passed a broad police accountability package that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis. It also bans chokeholds and warrior-style training. It imposes a duty to intercede on officers who see a colleague using excessive force. Passage came nearly two months after Floyd’s death May 25 and the ensuring unrest that spread around the world over police brutality and raci