How will the Chauvin conviction change policing? A Colorado law expert gives her perspective
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Posted at 11:19 AM, Apr 21, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-21 15:25:36-04
DENVER â Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday in the murder of George Floyd. But long before this week s verdict, Floyd s death had set the wheels in motion for change in policing across the country, including here in Colorado.
In the weeks after Floyd s death last summer, Colorado legislators passed Senate Bill 217, a sweeping police reform and accountability measure. The bill banned carotid and choke holds and got rid of qualified immunity for officers who act unlawfully, among several other changes.
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