Ever wonder how Policing started in the U.S.? In this episode, Robert and Prop trace the bloody birth of American policing, from Ancient Greece, to the slave-holding South, to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri today. 

FOOTNOTES:
Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice
A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing
Slave Patrols: An Early Form of American Policing
How the U.S. Got Its Police Force
Slave Patrols
The History of the Police
The History of Policing in the United States
Police Dog Bites Black Man
A Look at Urban Violence & Police Brutality in Ancient Rome

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Ever wonder how Policing started in the U.S.? In this episode, Robert and Prop trace the bloody birth of American policing, from Ancient Greece, to the slave-holding South, to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri today. FOOTNOTES:<ol>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1YNSAAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA205&amp;lpg=PA205&amp;dq=the+police+have+virtually+no+impact+on+crime&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=zNjOsfeb9l&amp;sig=ACfU3U3Gvs9EVb-mbuBTqEKNGvobWq_xJw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjW3eiavenpAhVUOH0KHQ8NBKYQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=the%20police%20have%20virtually%20no%20impact%20on%20crime&amp;f=false">Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing">A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lawenforcementmuseum.org/2019/07/10/slave-patrols-an-early-form-of-american-policing/">Slave Patrols: An Early Form of American Policing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/">How the U.S. Got Its Police Force</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/phylon1960.53.1.42?read-now=1&amp;seq=1">Slave Patrols</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/50819_ch_1.pdf">The History of the Police</a></li>
<li><a href="https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/history-policing-united-states-part-1">The History of Policing in the United States</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/police-dog-bites-black-man">Police Dog Bites Black Man</a></li>
<li><a href="https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/look-urban-violence-police-brutality-ancient-rome">A Look at Urban Violence &amp; Police Brutality in Ancient Rome</a></li>
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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

Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing

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