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"A sweeping package of police reforms was approved by the New York City Council, some of which have been in the works since the death of Eric Garner in 2014. The council passed six bills that include requiring officer badge numbers to be visible, an official ban on chokeholds or any other maneuver that restricts blood or air flow and a bill requiring oversight of the New York City Police Department's surveillance technology," CNN reports. In a virtual press conference before the vote, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson apologized for the bills having not moved more quickly. "I think the conversation around policing and re-envisioning what public safety looks like, that conversation should have started a long time ago.... I want to apologize for that, and not make up excuses and not sit here today and give you a list of reasons why. This moment is a reckoning. It's a reckoning for America, it's a reckoning for our city."
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