About the book
Fear of black men, Paul Butler argues, has produced the Chokehold, a web of laws and practices under which every African American man is treated as a thug. Butler, a former federal prosecutor, holds that the system is working as designed, with police violence widespread and backed by judges and politicians. He uses new data to show that white men commit most violent crime in the United States, and he addresses violence within black communities and how to make them safer with less reliance on police. He explains why current reforms will fall short and when a black man may be better off pleading guilty, even if innocent. Published in 2017, it was nominated for an NAACP Image Award.
Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, endorsed it for its honest, sobering analysis of racial injustice and for proposing solutions as well.
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Bryan Stevenson (Founder/Equal Justice Initiative)
Paul Butler illuminates the complexities that shape racial injustice in America with a sharp, critical, intersectional analysis that is honest and sobering. Chokehold deconstructs all of the forces that have created despair and violence in the criminal justice system but courageously posits solutions as well. An important read for anyone searching for a more just system.
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