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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…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2025New Press, The · 9781620974988
- Other · English · 2018New Press, The · 320 pages · 9781620974834
- Other · English · 2017New Press · 304 pages · 9781595589057
Social conditionsRacism in criminologyAfrican American menPolice brutalityDiscrimination in law enforcementAfrican americans, social conditionsPolice, complaints againstLAW