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The article you point to is explicitly debunking the idea of slave patrols evolving into police forces. > The claim that modern police originated from slave pa
by andrewla 2y ago
The article you point to is explicitly debunking the idea of slave patrols evolving into police forces.
> The claim that modern police originated from slave patrols is a dangerous slur designed to delegitimize policing ... Bad policing must be criticized, but we should not do so by resorting to historically flimsy myths, especially myths that unfairly tarnish the reputations of those in law enforcement and cast aspersions on their motives.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 2y agoIt does not matter... he believes it, so it must be true. But it does feel weird to wander among humans, listening to the nonsense being discussed so earnestly. The truth of the matter is this: if you refuse to believe that modern policing evolved directly from slave patrols, it means you are a racist and you voted for Trump. This is undeniable, and by denying it you prove it true. Nuanced and sophisticated descriptions of how historical circumstances came to be are repressive and the enemy of social justice. Thomas Jefferson ate babies and George Washington stomped on little latinx children.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago> But it does feel weird to wander among humans, listening to the nonsense being discussed so earnestly. It's even weirder when you're from any place on Earth other than the USA.
- anothermethod 2y ago[dead]