If you thought police were deadly up till this point, wait until you hear about what unionization did to the U.S. police (hint: it got a hell of a lot of the rest of us killed.)

FOOTNOTES:
The History of Policing in the United States
Study finds misconduct spreads among police officers like contagion
The End of Policing 
How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts
The unjust power of police unions
How Police Unions Enable and Conceal Abuses of Power
Minneapolis Police Union President Allegedly Wore a “White Power Patch” and Made Racist Remarks
Police chiefs are often forced to put officers fired for misconduct back on the streets
How a 50-year-old study was misconstrued to create destructive broken-windows policing
In New York, major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proactive policing’

 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

If you thought police were deadly up till this point, wait until you hear about what unionization did to the U.S. police (hint: it got a hell of a lot of the rest of us killed.)FOOTNOTES:<ol>
<li><a href="https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/history-policing-united-states-part-4">The History of Policing in the United States</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/police-misconduct-peer-effects/">Study finds misconduct spreads among police officers like contagion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I85OOZA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">The End of Policing </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/police-unions-minneapolis-kroll.html">How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theweek.com/articles/860002/unjust-power-police-unions">The unjust power of police unions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-police-union-power-helped-increase-abuses">How Police Unions Enable and Conceal Abuses of Power</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/05/minneapolis-police-union-president-kroll-george-floyd-racism/">Minneapolis Police Union President Allegedly Wore a “White Power Patch” and Made Racist Remarks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/police-fired-rehired/">Police chiefs are often forced to put officers fired for misconduct back on the streets</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/27/how-year-old-study-was-misconstrued-create-destructive-broken-windows-policing/">How a 50-year-old study was misconstrued to create destructive broken-windows policing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-proactive-policing-crime-20170925-story.html">In New York, major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proactive policing’</a></li>
</ol> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

How did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts Robert Evans and rap artist Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight line from the darkest days of slavery, to the murder of George Floyd and the mass violence American police meted out to their citizens this summer.

Behind the Police

How Police Unions Made Cops Even Deadlier

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/031bc520-5162-4b80-898c-ae2d0145d4df/transcript

Advertisement