HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Mayor Sylvester Turner signed an executive order Wednesday mandating a list of changes to police procedures, but critics say the action covers what's already been done.

A Cumberland County teacher was arrested on a charge he choked a student until the child blacked out. Devon Murphy, 41, was a criminal justice teacher at Douglas Byrd High School and the boys varsity ...

A North Carolina teacher and basketball coach is facing charges for allegedly putting a 15-year-old student in a "choke hold" and strangling him until he "lost consciousness," cops say. Devon Murphy, ...

A Florida special needs teacher has been arrested after a photo showed her placing a 3-year-old student with autism in a "choke hold," authorities said. Vilma Otero, 59, was arrested Aug. 24 by the ...

DECATUR — Two Decatur brothers’ violent argument over a video game Christmas gift has prompted police to warn of the dangers of using choke holds in an attempt to restrain or control someone. Reports ...

Using a move similar to a chokehold, an off-duty Kansas City cop courted controversy on Wednesday after he restrained and tackled a man who had been accused of trespassing in a local grocery store.

A man charged with assaulting a local veteran drag performer allegedly held the victim in a choke hold for about 11 seconds, resulting in them apparently going unconscious and receiving treatment at a ...

A Hanover man faces a felony strangulation charge following an alleged domestic dispute on Sunday, police say. Ryan William McNutt, 26, was arrested by Hanover Borough Police following an incident ...