Behind the Bastard‪s

How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich (2020x49)

Air date: Jun 18, 2020

When U.S. police departments didn't evolve out of slave patrols, they tended to form out of a desire to protect the property of the wealthy. In practice, this meant beating, murdering and arresting people who didn't want to work 12 hour days until they died.