France reverses ban on use of chokehold after police protests

Officers said their lives could be at risk if they were unable to use the technique for arrests

France has reversed a ban on police using the chokehold when arresting suspects after complaints from officers that their lives would be put at risk.

The volte-face comes days after the interior minister, Christophe Castaner, announced the controversial technique was to be dropped after two weeks of French protests following the death of George Floyd in the US.