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Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing

Behind the Bastards

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Is That a Good Idea?

In 1838, the city of Boston became the first US city to establish a modern police force. American police didn't initially have guns. The creation of the Boston police was driven by largely a capitalist necessity to protect the property of big business. Now, we'll return to these northern police in our again, our second episode is going to cover more that.

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