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476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Racism of Policing

Raymond is the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit alleging that the n y p d used an illegal quota system to arrest ople. At the bottom of the pyramid are the rank and file who simply enforce it. The racial history of policing is a deep and brutal history, extending, of course, back to slavery. Sal came to wonder whether it makes sense for police to handle traffic enforcement in the first place.

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