June 10 Black Lives Matter protests

At least 11 cities and municipalities in the United States are starting to ban or have banned the use of choke holds in policing, according to information gathered by CNN. 

Those include:

States moving on chokehold bans: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed police in the state to stop training officers to use carotid holds, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has said he wants police across the state to restrict the use of chokeholds. 

Fmmaker Spike Lee said he believes that the current racial injustice protests in the United States and around the world have the possibility to bring about real change.

Lee said he feels like this moment is similar to 1967, when he was 10 years old, when the antiwar, women's liberation and black power movements were in full swing.

However, the Academy Award-winner said it's crucial that people go out and vote. Lee, perhaps the best-known fan of the New York Knicks, used a sports metaphor to explain the situation:

We need police: When asked about the growing calls around the United States to defund the police, Lee said "I know people will get mad at me, but we need police. We need police. But we need a just police system."

Lee also called out police unions for the lengths they go to to protect fellow officers, even if they are guilty of wrongdoing.

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Dounya Zayer, a woman who was shoved to the ground and concussed by police while protesting police brutality in New York City, spoke to CNN's Chris Cuomo about her experience.

Video captured by Zayer and bystanders show an officer pushing her to the ground.

Officer Vincent D'Andraia, 28, turned himself in at a police precinct in Brooklyn Tuesday morning. He faces charges of assault, criminal mischief, harassment and menacing, Brooklyn district attorney Erik Gonzalez said in a statement.

Zayer was in the street when the officer "told her to move," prosecutors said.

"As she asked why, the defendant allegedly smacked her cell phone out of her hand, and violently shoved her to the ground, according the investigation," prosecutors said. "She can be seen rolling on the street and into a curb. Meanwhile, the defendant and fellow officers can be seen to continue walking."

Zayer told Cuomo she "didn't know a concussion felt this awful."

"I haven't been able to hold down food I've been very nauseous. My head hurts and my back. But I'm alive and I'm grateful," Zayer told CNN's Chris Cuomo.

Why she was recording it all: Zayer said she started filming the demonstrations when she "could see that things were getting out of hand" and others were getting hurt.

"I knew that the recording was important, it's always important to record what's going on when these things are going on. I didn't think I would end up recording what happened to me in the process."

Will she protest again: When asked if she'd go out and protest when she healed, Zayer responded emotionally that she wants to, but part of her is afraid.

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