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Weeks of protests across the U.S. following George Floyd's killing have put pressure on governments to scale back the use of force police officers can use on civilians and create new oversight for officer conduct.

Why it matters: Police reforms of this scale have not taken place in response to the Black Lives Matter movement since its inception in 2013, after George Zimmerman's acquittal for shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager.

What's new: Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kennedy announced on Thursday that the city's police commissioner has placed a moratorium on tear gas and "other non-lethal methods," in response to videos of corralled Black Lives Matter protesters being tear gassed on June 1.

Catch up quick: The Minnesota Legislature failed to reach a deal on police reform measures, as Republicans clashed with Democrats pushing for restoring voting rights to felons and entrusting the state's attorney general with prosecuting police killings, the New York Times reports.

The bottom line: Allowing lawsuits, transparency into disciplinary records and limiting use of force are core to police reform, experts and advocates say.

Go deeper: More black police officers, yet the killings persist

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The major police reforms that have been enacted since George Floyd's death - Axios