Choking Justice: Combating Racial Bias and Brutality in Police Chokeholds

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Policy Brief: Police Department Chokehold Issue 14 March 2022 From: Executive Statement: Chokeholds is a controversial issue that expresses the inhumane side of the law enforcers. The need for police officers to respect life as a human right is essential in limiting and preventing chokeholds on crime offenders. Key Message and Solutions Problem: Chokeholds issue within the police department Solution 1: Strict chokeholds ban Solution 2: Implicit bias training Introduction Life is a natural human right that demands recognition and respect by all regardless of the powers one hold over the others. Police departments render law enforcers the authority to use force and power while handling criminal civilians, with chokeholds being among the major ways law enforcers express their powers to civilians. Chokeholds can be generalized as an act that ignores the value of life. To be precise, chokehold is a term that represents an act of a grappling hold that limits or reduces the consistency of air or blood circulation through the neck. Law enforcers exercise chokeholds as a way of expressing their adherence to "use of force policy" while handling a crime offender. However, most police officers misinterpret "Use of Force Policy" guidelines as assured of protection since the policy allow them to use force while handling offenders, especially in circumstances that expose their lives in danger. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the human body functioning, chokehold leads the offender to become unconscious with death in severe cases. Background Racial bias proves a severe fact that governs police attitude towards American offenders in most cases. Chokehold though a way of using the power t