A brief history of the Modern Police

[4teepee]

The police are always harassing poor people and minorities: arresting them for things like domestic violence, sexual assault, and giving them speeding tickets, etc.

[mightisright]

Silly nigger-babble.

[ttrssll5]

@mightisright irony

[YouBastard95060]

Don't know about the "Slave Patrol" roots. THe Iromn Fist and the Velvet Glove traces it back to the Irish 'doorshakers' of Boston.

The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove: An Analysis of the U.S. Police. Tony Platt et al, 1982

Shakedown artists... pay protection and they'd go shake your doorknob. Don't pay them and, well, anything's possible

[MultiWhiteLight]

This is so true. Very scary when you really think about it.