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Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing

Behind the Bastards

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The New Yorker - Dogs and the Police

In one account a dog was sent after an unarmed 16 year old who was also tasered the electric shock of that weapon partially paralyzes a person if that were to happen while a dog was tearing at your arms and legs all you could do would be to watch in mobilized horror. Another case involves four police officers including a canine handler trapping an unarmed 14 year old in an abandoned basement the crime trespassing  the department of justice report recounts what the boy says happened to him.

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