American Police

The origins of American policing and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system.

An episode of the Throughline podcast, hosted by NPR, titled "American Police" was published on June 4, 2020 and runs 64 minutes.

June 4, 2020 ·64m · Throughline

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Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. A truth many Americans are acknowledging since the murder of George Floyd, as protests have occurred in all fifty states calling for justice on his behalf. But this tension between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This week, the origins of American policing and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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