How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich
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How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich
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When U.S. police departments didn't evolve out of slave patrols, they tended to form out of a desire to protect the property of the wealthy. In practice, this meant beating, murdering and arresting people who didn't want to work 12 hour days until they died.
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