Why Not Killing It Is Better?

This week's episode of The Daily Discussion looks at how police in the 1930s failed to intervene against violent fascist mobs. In 1933, a World War I veteran named Leon Lewis started a grassroots undercover spying operation along with several other disabled veterans. He joined various fascist groups, including the silver shirts, and reported on their operations. When he went to the police to talk about what he had seen the silver shirts planning, not only were the police unconcerned, but they were sympathetic to the Nazi silver shirts.