MINNEAPOLIS — In his opening statement, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell quickly focused on the length of time – 9 minutes and 29 seconds – that George Floyd was held prone, face down, in the street.

If John Neville had been in a state prison as officers wrestled him to the floor of a cell and held him face down, they would have been required to get him off of his stomach after gaining control.

For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly if officers pin them on the ground with too much pressure or for ...

MINNEAPOLIS — “Once you secure or handcuff a person, you need to get them out of the prone position as soon as possible because it restricts their breathing,” Minneapolis police Lt. Richard Zimmerman ...

NEW ORLEANS — The cries for help, the gasps for breath just out of reach, they’re gut wrenching to hear in videos that have been surfacing in recent years of people dying under the weight of police ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – This week, lawmakers are making a last-minute effort to revive a bill to make changes to how teens can be restrained. Senate Bill 504 in Kansas would stop the use of the “prone” ...

A bill introduced in the Colorado House seeks to include "prone" restraint in the state's legal definition of excessive physical force. If passed, it would require officers who employ the technique to ...

DAYTON, Ohio — The final moments of Robert Richardson’s life were captured on video inside the Montgomery County Jail in May of 2012. The 28-year old Dayton man suffered a medical issue while being ...

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office has changed its restraint policy in the wake of last year’s death of a man jailed on an assault charge, but the restraint wasn’t banned.

>> I DO WANT CITY GOVERNMENT TO BE TRANSPARENT, I WANT US TO BE ACCOUNTABLE, AND I WANT US TO INCREASE IN OUR TRAINING. ALEXANDRA: THAT’S WHY THE CITY OF OMAHA IS TAKING ACTION TODAY TO CHANGE SOME ...