On this episode, Ginger tries to squeeze a 12-part PBS docuseries into just one podcast episode.
From slave patrols to strike breakers to corrupt political machines to outright violence, the history of American policing proves the old adage: what we learn from history is that no one learns from history. Featuring delivery pizza, more musical numbers, and a debate on what whiteness smells like.
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Citations
- https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/869046127/american-police
- https://www.npr.org/transcripts/869046127
- https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexow_Committee
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Vollmer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickersham_Commission
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_police_(United_States)#History
- https://plsonline.eku.edu/sites/plsonline.eku.edu/files/the-history-of-policing-in-us.pdf
- https://theconversation.com/the-racist-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave-patrols-to-traffic-stops-112816
- https://www.insider.com/history-of-police-in-the-us-photos-2020-6#in-2021-officer-derek-chauvin-was-found-guilty-of-the-murder-of-geroge-floyd-and-many-hope-it-will-spark-change-in-policing-21
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/police/Early-police-in-the-United-States
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-invention-of-the-police
- https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/civil-rights-reimagining-policing/how-you-start-is-how-you-finish/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#United_States
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