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Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing

Behind the Bastards

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What Is the Shire Reeve?

In the middle ages, English communities began to develop something called the Frank pledge system. It was a structure by which small groups of men could enforce the law in communities. The word sheriff comes from is like the head of this like Shire, you know, community protection group, the Shire Reeve,. And that's why the sheriff's run the county.

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