What is the chokehold?
Officials use oppressive tactics to coerce accused individuals into forced or false confessions, plea bargains, and other harms. These activities are defined as Chokeholds.
Chokeholds are painful and frequently complex. For example, if you or someone you love experienced 8 elements from the list below, you suffered an 8-point Chokehold.
AJP is inspired by Paul Butler's groundbreaking book, Chokehold: Policing Black Men, which exposes the criminal justice system's disproportionate harms to Black and Brown people.
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Guilt by Accusation
Assuming all accused individuals are thugs and therefore guilty upon accusation
Guilt by Accusation
Overcharging
Imposing charges beyond what is required to increase bond amounts.
Overcharging
Excessive Bail
A form of abuse used to inflict financial hardships and ensure pretrial detention
Excessive Bail
Media Manipulation
Character assassination, slanted coverage favoring police, poisoning potential jurors, securing conviction in the court of public opinion
Media Manipulation
Pretrial Detention
Held without bond, cannot afford to pay high bond
Pretrial Detention
Police Misconduct
Utilizing false information, withholding information, lying, planting evidence, etc
Police Misconduct
Family Separation
The accused is isolated from their children, parents, and other loved ones
Family Separation
Prosecutor Misconduct
Utilizing false information, withholding information, lying, etc.
Prosecutor Misconduct
Pretrial Restrictions
e.g., loss of motor vehicle endorsements
Pretrial Restrictions
Loss of Home
Unable to pay rent/mortgage, restricted access. (e.g., Eviction, foreclosure, court restrictions, etc.)
Loss of Home
Financial Abuse
e.g., court fees, high-priced retainers, cost for pretrial programs, etc.
Financial Abuse
Loss of Employment
The accused loses their job(s)
Loss of Employment
Judicial Misconduct
Procedural miscarriages of justice committed by the court.
Judicial Misconduct
GPS Monitoring
24-hour tracking of an accused party
GPS Monitoring
Wrongful Conviction
Loss of liberty
Wrongful Conviction
Time
Delayed justice, drawn out pretrials, long separations from children, etc.
Time
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