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Karen Bass: If this had been a law last year, George Floyd would be alive, because chokeholds would be banned.

On the recordJune 9, 2020
If this had been a law last year, George Floyd would be alive, because chokeholds would be banned.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Bass emphasized that the legislation could have prevented George Floyd's death.

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