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Definition of Chokeholds
1. chokehold [n] - See also: chokehold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chokeholds
Literary usage of Chokeholds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"In Lyons, the Supreme Court overturned an injunction issued by a lower federal
court prohibiting the use of chokeholds by the LAPD. The use of chokeholds ..."
2. Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States by Allyson Collins (1998)
"The degree of precision necessary in applying chokeholds without causing severe
injury ... health problems - make chokeholds an unacceptable force option. ..."
3. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"The example that gives rise to a lot of this is the Lyons case and the use of
chokeholds in Los Angeles. I think that if Los Angeles for some reason wanted ..."
4. Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department edited by Warren Christopher (1998)
"The Chief advocated continued use of the "modified carotid" chokehold. Instead,
the Police Commission imposed a moratorium on both chokeholds, ..."
5. Justice on Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System by Wade J. Henderson (2000)
"Lyons,130 the Supreme Court rejected the efforts of a black man to seek an
injunction preventing the Los Angeles Police Department's use of chokeholds ..."
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