“And we know that charge stacking is a key feature of this system.”As the artist awaits his next court appearance this month, here’s more on what charge stacking is, how the practice affects Black communities, and which questions it raises about the efficacy of traditional policing during incidents involving emotional distress. Charge stacking is also common when it comes to drug-related offenses. Charge stacking, Koorji said, creates pressure for a defendant to enter into a plea deal. Black Americans are disproportionately surveilled, arrested, and jailed, and charge stacking plays a role in this disparity, Koorji said. So severe is this racial inequality that the NAACP in 2019 published a resolution opposing charge stacking at every level of government.