Bost v. Illinois Bd. of Elections · ¶89

Forty-some years ago, in Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U. S. 95 (1983), this Court considered whether a plaintiff had standing to challenge the Los Angeles Police Department's repeated use of life-threatening chokeholds on civilians who posed no threat of violence. Id., at 105. The plaintiff in that case, Adolph Lyons, suffered such a chokehold at the hands of police, “rendering him unconscious and causing damage to his larynx.” Id., at 97–98. Fearing that he would again be subjected to a life-threatening chokehold, Lyons fled a lawsuit seeking an injunction that would bar the future use of that technique against civilians who posed no risk to officer safety. Id., at 98.

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