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AUSTIN — The Black Legislative Caucus, joined by the family of George Floyd, announced Thursday that it would introduce a bill in the next legislative session that would ban choke holds statewide and narrow use-of-force rules for police officers. The Houston native was killed in Minneapolis Police Department custody on May 25 after a veteran officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on …

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