Policing, Power, and Persecution: Lessons from Hitler, Stalin, and Trump

from Decency Lost · host Dick Smiley Jay

Trump's takeover of Washington, D.C's police echoes authoritarian tactics from history. We explore how leaders weaponize law enforcement- and why ordinary decency may be democracy's last chance.

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