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The Origin of US Police
46:37 - 50:54 (04:16)
US police started as a series of armed groups aimed at protecting white people from non-white people through violence, including slave patrols and vigilante groups who did violence to Native Americans, especially in "frontiery" areas.
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Slave patrols extended beyond just capturing and punishing runaway slaves.
46:37 - 48:31 (01:53)
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Slave patrols extended beyond just capturing and punishing runaway slaves. It included violence against Native Americans and vigilante groups in the North whose job was to do violence against the Indigenous people.
ChapterThe Origin of US Police
EpisodeSlavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The origins of US policing can be traced back to armed groups whose aim was to protect white people through violence against non-white people, rather than just slave patrols, according to Larry Spruill's paper.
48:31 - 50:04 (01:32)
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The origins of US policing can be traced back to armed groups whose aim was to protect white people through violence against non-white people, rather than just slave patrols, according to Larry Spruill's paper. Racism was embedded in the police system from its inception, illustrated by the law in 1825 banning any "free Negro or mulatto" from entering the state of Missouri.
ChapterThe Origin of US Police
EpisodeSlavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Slave patrols in Missouri were paid around 25 cents per hour to police the enslaved population and suppress any resistance to slavery.
50:04 - 50:54 (00:49)
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Slave patrols in Missouri were paid around 25 cents per hour to police the enslaved population and suppress any resistance to slavery.