Chokehold
by Paul Delano Butler, Paul Butler
Social conditionsRacism in criminologyAfrican American menPolice brutalityDiscrimination in law enforcement
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"Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread--all with the support of judges and politicians. In his no-holds-barred style, Butler, whose scholarship has been featured on 60 Minutes, uses new data to demonstrate that white men commit the majority of violent crime in the United States. For example, a white woman is ten times more likely to be raped by a white male acquaintance than be the victim of a violent crime perpetrated by a black man. Butler also frankly discusses the problem of black on black violence and how to keep communities safer--without relying as much on police. Chokehold powerfully demonstrates why current efforts to reform law enforcement will not create lasting change. Butler's controversial recommendations about how to crash the system, and when it's better for a black man to plead guilty--even if he's innocent--are sure to be game-changers in the national debate about policing, criminal justice, and race relations"--
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Social conditionsRacism in criminologyAfrican American menPolice brutalityDiscrimination in law enforcementAfrican americans, social conditions
Setting
United States
About the author
Paul Delano Butler
1961
Paul Butler was born in Chicago, IL. He was educated at St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, and then went on to graduate cum laude from both Yale University and Harvard Law School. He clerked for the Honorable Mary Johnson Lowe of the U.S. District Court in New York, then joined the law firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in white collar criminal defense and civil litigation. He then served as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, where his specialty was public corruption. He also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney, prosecuting drug and gun cases. He is currently a professor at George Washington University Law School, where …
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