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Behind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture (2020x51)

Air date: Jun 25, 2020

Lynching was the sharpest blade in the arsenal of white supremacy for decades, until American police replaced it with the death penalty. In this episode, Prop and Robert trace the evolution of police torture, and how the legacy of 'the third degree' persists in law enforcement to this day.