Behind the Police: How The Police Declared War On All Of Us
For the last episode of Behind the Police, we discuss the history of police militarization in the United States, and where it's led us to today. FOOTNOTES: I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still T...
2 Juli 20202h 33min
Behind the Police: How Police Unions Made Cops Even Deadlier
If you thought police were deadly up till this point, wait until you hear about what unionization did to the U.S. police (hint: it got a hell of a lot of the rest of us killed.)FOOTNOTES: The History ...
30 Juni 20201h 44min
Behind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture
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 ...
25 Juni 20201h 36min
The History of American Police and the Ku Klux Klan
For years protesters have chanted that the 'cops and klan go hand in hand'. Today, we discuss the very real history behind that, and how it influenced the birth of American policing.FOOTNOTES: KKK in ...
23 Juni 20201h 35min
How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich
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 pe...
18 Juni 20201h 31min
Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing
Ever wonder how Policing started in the U.S.? In this episode, Robert and Prop trace the bloody birth of American policing, from Ancient Greece, to the slave-holding South, to the streets of Ferguson,...
16 Juni 20201h 31min
Behind the Police Trailer
How did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts journalist, Robert Evans and rap ...
15 Juni 202054s
Part Two: The Dumbest Coup In World History
Robert is joined again by Bridget Todd to continue to discuss the Wonga Coup. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
11 Juni 20201h 13min
