2 Episodes
Police Reform Part 2: Rule Brittania!
We're back to discuss why police reform should start in the classroom and what Johnny Depp taught us about colonisation.
The Sinister Origins of Policing
This month we look look into the surprisingly horrifying origins of the police force, the proposed reforms in Minneapolis, and how to properly cure dick leather. Sources: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2817-the-end-of-policing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-reform/minneapolis-city-council-resolves-to-replace-police-with-community-led-model-idUSKBN23J2W5 https://www.inverse.com/innovation/minneapolis-police-automation-real-time-data https://www.dailysentinel.com/apna/us/image_4dbd35f9-311d-51a0-b1f5-14c14f626c18.html https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/i-know-why-police-reforms-fail/613189 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/i-know-why-police-reforms-fail/613189 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/politics/police-military-gear.html https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145/subject-content/shaping-the-nation https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/number-of-arrests/latest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52890363 https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/stop-and-search/latest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44214748 https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/research-and-learning/statistics/annual-deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-statistics https://fullfact.org/crime/police-funding-england-and-wales/ https://fortune.com/2020/06/09/defund-the-police-budget-spending-state-local-dismantle-protests-george-floyd-how-much-spent/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2020.1741775?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-48885846 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-documents-us-recid_b_9542312?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANIwv0zIOvVRAhpRYOn6qUVrJIZi9N5bsr8BBzziscqGxflj3Kt8rIfzI2F6efIlcqBRfC63O9obIlN2Ndta3uaOdEHX3aTtoVZsVTVDNn-USJ1rRQrN8dYtK4dJedGyJp3DiDQAI9cmUytgrCrk83lHVK-6YHT3yyrv013UKSZA https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04334/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/300986/incarceration-rates-in-oecd-countries/ https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html intro by: Bubamara Brass Band "Manea Romi" outro by: 4bstr4ck3r "Soundboy" Thumbnail art by: Tito Belgrave https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xy19l