"The police of Australia, New Zealand and every other democracy: NOT ONE kills their own people in their streets and in their homes at the rate of a thousand people a year like the police in the USA."
In the 1619 Book Project, in the Chapter entitled "FEAR", we learn that the modern US Police Force has its roots in slavery. The modern …
"The police of Australia, New Zealand and every other democracy: NOT ONE kills their own people in their streets and in their homes at the rate of a thousand people a year like the police in the USA."
In the 1619 Book Project, in the Chapter entitled "FEAR", we learn that the modern US Police Force has its roots in slavery. The modern US police force was born in the south by whites to ensure that a brutal response would occur to any slave who attempted to free himself, attack his owner or rapist, or try to defend himself in any way. Since it was legal to kill a slave, the origin US police force routinely killed blacks at will and whim.
So, now? We cannot be shocked that our history matters and that (some) of our ancestors bequeathed us a police system bathed in violence and the routine murder of innocent people.
"The police of Australia, New Zealand and every other democracy: NOT ONE kills their own people in their streets and in their homes at the rate of a thousand people a year like the police in the USA."
In the 1619 Book Project, in the Chapter entitled "FEAR", we learn that the modern US Police Force has its roots in slavery. The modern US police force was born in the south by whites to ensure that a brutal response would occur to any slave who attempted to free himself, attack his owner or rapist, or try to defend himself in any way. Since it was legal to kill a slave, the origin US police force routinely killed blacks at will and whim.
So, now? We cannot be shocked that our history matters and that (some) of our ancestors bequeathed us a police system bathed in violence and the routine murder of innocent people.
Roots in slavery in the south and protection of corporate property in the north near Boston.
https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/