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.FOOTNOTES:Krypteia: A Form of Ancient Guerrilla Warfare The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and PrinciplesThe Beginning of American PolicingHow Stereotypes of the Irish Evolved From 'Criminals' to CopsREMEMBERING THE 1906 STRIKE FOR UNION IN WINDBER, PENNSYLVANIAState Police were warned about possible racial bias in car searches. The agency's answer? End the research.The Pinkertons Still Never Sleep
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