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where gangs and police forces have started to merge "By 1923 it was estimated over half of the PPB were also members of the Klan." If you research most munici
by staplers 5y ago
where gangs and police forces have started to merge
"By 1923 it was estimated over half of the PPB were also members of the Klan."
If you research most municipal police forces in the United States, it's always been that way.. we just aren't taught that in American schools.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Police_Bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Police_Bureau
- sebmellen 5y ago”Most” is quite definitely an overstatement.
- qPM9l3XJrF 5y agoThat was about 100 years ago. Do you have more recent numbers? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fallacy
- rnd0 5y agoNot numbers, but it does appear that the problem far right radicals in law enforcement persists to this very day: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-i... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias-infiltrate-us-police-report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-suprem...