Episode
Behind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
1:46:19
Published: Thu Jun 25 2020
Description
Lynching was the sharpest blade in the arsenal of white supremacy for decades, until American police replaced it with the death penalty. In this episode, Prop and Robert trace the evolution of police torture, and how the legacy of 'the third degree' persists in law enforcement to this day. FOOTNOTES: History of the KKK in Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot Tulsa Timeline The Color of the Third Degree: Racism, Police Torture, and Civil Rights in the American South, 1930–1955 ACCUSED TORTURER JON BURGE DIED LAST WEEK, BUT HIS LEGACY OF BRUTAL, RACIST POLICING LIVES ON IN CHICAGO CHICAGO POLICE TORTURE: EXPLAINED Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
In this podcast, Robert Evans takes a detailed look at the history of law enforcement.
00:00 - 04:12 (04:12)
Summary
In this podcast, Robert Evans takes a detailed look at the history of law enforcement. It is available on various platforms, including the iHeartRadio app and Apple podcasts.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The practice of lynching in the US was primarily used to enforce racial terror against Blacks by whites.
04:12 - 10:13 (06:00)
Summary
The practice of lynching in the US was primarily used to enforce racial terror against Blacks by whites. However, during the late 1800s to the mid 1900s, some white people were lynched, especially in areas with no law enforcement.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This podcast discusses the interlocking systems of oppression and how the voice of the white woman, represented in the Karen meme, is a result of misogyny and racism imbedded in society's structures.
10:13 - 17:18 (07:05)
Summary
This podcast discusses the interlocking systems of oppression and how the voice of the white woman, represented in the Karen meme, is a result of misogyny and racism imbedded in society's structures.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The Tulsa race massacre was a violent attack on the black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 by white mobs and police, resulting in the destruction of homes, businesses and lives.
17:18 - 22:32 (05:13)
Summary
The Tulsa race massacre was a violent attack on the black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 by white mobs and police, resulting in the destruction of homes, businesses and lives.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The speaker provides a brief history of the Tulsa race riot discussing the bombings, looting, and burning of a wealthy black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 that resulted in the deaths of over 300 Black people.
22:32 - 25:28 (02:56)
Summary
The speaker provides a brief history of the Tulsa race riot discussing the bombings, looting, and burning of a wealthy black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 that resulted in the deaths of over 300 Black people.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Niedermeyer argues that law enforcement authorities in the South protected black suspects from being seized by lynch mobs and maintained social control over the black population, while James W. Clark found a correlation between declining lynching violence and the growing number of convicted African American offenders executed by state authorities.
25:28 - 30:41 (05:12)
Summary
Niedermeyer argues that law enforcement authorities in the South protected black suspects from being seized by lynch mobs and maintained social control over the black population, while James W. Clark found a correlation between declining lynching violence and the growing number of convicted African American offenders executed by state authorities.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Listen to the Money Moves podcast on iHeart radio app and the Silence, The Radio Murders on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.
30:41 - 36:18 (05:37)
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Listen to the Money Moves podcast on iHeart radio app and the Silence, The Radio Murders on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The police had the power to enable violence on an individual level but lacked the collective capability to stop the mob violence of the Klan in the 1800s and early 1900s, and with the race riots in 1919 and Tulsa in 1921.
36:18 - 40:36 (04:18)
Summary
The police had the power to enable violence on an individual level but lacked the collective capability to stop the mob violence of the Klan in the 1800s and early 1900s, and with the race riots in 1919 and Tulsa in 1921. However, their lack of control over the mob was worse for them than the violence the mob was committing.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Arthur Raper's study discovered that Southern politicians came to rely on the death penalty as a way to please the mob and avoid violence.
40:36 - 47:03 (06:27)
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Arthur Raper's study discovered that Southern politicians came to rely on the death penalty as a way to please the mob and avoid violence. Additionally, there is a reference to a humorous project involving tearing down Confederate statues.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This episode discusses the pervading idea that black people experience and express pain differently than white people which has harmful effects in healthcare and law enforcement.
47:03 - 49:59 (02:55)
Summary
This episode discusses the pervading idea that black people experience and express pain differently than white people which has harmful effects in healthcare and law enforcement. It also connects this concept to systemic racism that leads to abuse of power and mistreatment of black and Hispanic people.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The discussion highlights the issue of racial bias in jury selection and its effects on the criminal justice system, focusing on the concern of minorities not receiving a fair trial.
49:59 - 52:44 (02:45)
Summary
The discussion highlights the issue of racial bias in jury selection and its effects on the criminal justice system, focusing on the concern of minorities not receiving a fair trial.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The black press used the term "torture" to expose and denounce the abuse of African-American suspects during police interrogations in the South.
52:44 - 58:19 (05:35)
Summary
The black press used the term "torture" to expose and denounce the abuse of African-American suspects during police interrogations in the South. Meanwhile, the white press avoided using the term, and in 1931 President Herbert Hoover established the Wickersham Commission in response to the increase in police use of torture.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The podcast delves into the world of drugs, pain, and torture, and explores the issue of trying young offenders as adults.
58:19 - 1:02:38 (04:18)
Summary
The podcast delves into the world of drugs, pain, and torture, and explores the issue of trying young offenders as adults.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This podcast episode discusses the issue of historical revisionism and its relation to police brutality, and highlights how a lot of people have recently come to realize the problem of police brutality after experiencing it firsthand, despite previously being broadly pro-police.
1:02:38 - 1:06:07 (03:28)
Summary
This podcast episode discusses the issue of historical revisionism and its relation to police brutality, and highlights how a lot of people have recently come to realize the problem of police brutality after experiencing it firsthand, despite previously being broadly pro-police.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The use of force to suppress black people dates back to slavery, through to the KKK, lynching, and the third degree.
1:06:07 - 1:10:44 (04:37)
Summary
The use of force to suppress black people dates back to slavery, through to the KKK, lynching, and the third degree. The central theme behind these actions was the desire for white people, particularly the wealthy, to prevent black autonomy and equality.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The Reed technique, a widely used method for obtaining confessions from suspects, has come under fire for potentially leading to false confessions.
1:10:44 - 1:17:03 (06:19)
Summary
The Reed technique, a widely used method for obtaining confessions from suspects, has come under fire for potentially leading to false confessions. While defenders of the technique point to safeguards, false confessions from the technique have occurred and the police department that uses it most has a high rate of false convictions.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The speaker shares a personal experience about how subtle and slick some confessions can be and advises listeners to be mindful of these techniques.
1:17:03 - 1:21:43 (04:39)
Summary
The speaker shares a personal experience about how subtle and slick some confessions can be and advises listeners to be mindful of these techniques.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The Chicago Police Department's Burge's unit was a 17-year-long unremitting official cover-up that went all the way to the top, and after it was exposed, only a few police officers had the courage to report it while Burge and his accomplices face little to no consequences.
1:21:43 - 1:25:39 (03:55)
Summary
The Chicago Police Department's Burge's unit was a 17-year-long unremitting official cover-up that went all the way to the top, and after it was exposed, only a few police officers had the courage to report it while Burge and his accomplices face little to no consequences. Some of John Burge's victims still remain in prison while Chicago has paid millions of dollars in reparations to victims.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The speaker discusses his interactions with police, regardless of their aggressiveness or friendly personality, and the mindset that they sometimes justify their actions with.
1:25:39 - 1:30:09 (04:29)
Summary
The speaker discusses his interactions with police, regardless of their aggressiveness or friendly personality, and the mindset that they sometimes justify their actions with.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The history of American policing is rooted in systemic racism from the time of slavery, black codes, and Jim Crow laws, which persist in modern practices such as racial profiling and traffic stops of black people.
1:30:09 - 1:34:41 (04:32)
Summary
The history of American policing is rooted in systemic racism from the time of slavery, black codes, and Jim Crow laws, which persist in modern practices such as racial profiling and traffic stops of black people.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Being a "good cop" is impossible because, even if you are trying to do your best, you are still participating in and upholding a system that is abusive and promotes supremacy.
1:34:41 - 1:38:44 (04:02)
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Being a "good cop" is impossible because, even if you are trying to do your best, you are still participating in and upholding a system that is abusive and promotes supremacy. Many police officers disagree with certain aspects of their job, such as arresting people for drug possession, but are forced to do so anyway.
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The hosts of Behind the Bastards advertise their sources for the episode on police brutality and also mention another iHeartRadio podcast called "Silenced, the Radio Murders."
1:38:44 - 1:43:11 (04:27)
Summary
The hosts of Behind the Bastards advertise their sources for the episode on police brutality and also mention another iHeartRadio podcast called "Silenced, the Radio Murders."