July 16, 2020

All Of Us’ Shawn Young Responds to video of Police Knee Hold

On July 10 officials in Schenectady banned police from placing a knee on a person’s head or neck as a control hold. This happened days after police officer Brian Pommer used the maneuver on Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press spoke with Shawn Young from All of Us Community Action Group about this.

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