In the "Behind the Bastards" special podcast series "Behind the Police", which ran only a month or two ago, one of the running themes of the police is that they

In the "Behind the Bastards" special podcast series "Behind the Police", which ran only a month or two ago, one of the running themes of the police is that they historically are not just entangled with corruption, but are a source of corruption. In particular, in "How Police Unions Made Cops Even Deadlier" [0], they examine several cases where police unions were the primary nexus of organized crime in major cities in the USA. Another major theme of the police is that they are slave patrollers, which is where the Klan connection becomes most obvious. (And there is an entire episode, "The History of American Police and the Ku Klux Klan" [1], dedicated just to that topic.) [0] https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-police-how-police-unions-65862640/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236... [1] https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-police-the-history-of-65331090/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236...