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 Robert Evans and rap artist Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight line from the darkest days of slavery, to the murder of George Floyd and the mass violence American police meted out to their citizens this summer.
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Introducing: 'Behind the Insurrections'
In the wake of the January 6th insurrection in D.C., Robert Evans and co-host Propaganda take a look at fascist insurrections throughout history. They also unpack the evolution, su…
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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 Year…
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1 h 36
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.)FOO…
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1 h 29
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…
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1 h 28
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 policin…
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1 h 22
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, murder…
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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…
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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, R…