Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing

<p>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. </p><p><strong>FOOTNOTES:</strong></p><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> </ol><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy info