#Minnesota lawmakers fail to reach deal on George Floyd reforms

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Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, right, confers with Assistant Majority Leader Warren Limmer before the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate began debate, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn., on a package of police accountability measures in response to the death of George Floyd.
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Minnesota lawmakers remained at odds Saturday over police reforms after George Floyd’s death, ending a special legislative session without a deal.

Democrats had proposed nearly two dozen bills, including measures to put the state’s attorney general in charge of cases involving deadly force and a ban on “warrior-style” training for police, the Minneapolis StarTribune reported.

The state Senate’s minority leader blamed Republican lawmakers who “chose to leave before finishing our work.”

The Republican-led Senate had earlier approved more modest reform, including a ban on the kind of chokeholds and neck restraints used on Floyd, according to reports.