(PARIS) — Under pressure from police, the French government has backed away from a ban on chokeholds during arrests.
France’s interior minister announced a week ago that the maneuver would be abandoned, in the face of growing French protests over police brutality and racial injustice unleashed by George Floyd’s death in the U.S.
But French police responded with five straight days of counterprotests, arguing that the ban deprived them of a key tool to subdue unruly suspects.
On Monday, the national police director sent a letter to police, obtained by The Associated Press, saying chokeholds will no longer be taught in police schools but can continue to be used “with discernment” until alternatives are found.
Police unions hailed the reversal.
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