Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoIt's a terrible timeline to be in at the moment, at least white people are experiencing the policing non-whites suffer from in this countrylemmy.caimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down120
arrow-up1440arrow-down1imageIt's a terrible timeline to be in at the moment, at least white people are experiencing the policing non-whites suffer from in this countrylemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·4 days agoThe origin of policing in the US is runaway slave catching. It’d say its pretty damn in line with policing, historically speaking.
minus-squareJanx@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days agoModern policing maintains at least the veneer of enforcing the law (unless you’re powerful and/or rich).
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-24 days agoThat veneer only ever existed to people who wanted to see it and could afford to ignore the truth.
The origin of policing in the US is runaway slave catching. It’d say its pretty damn in line with policing, historically speaking.
Modern policing maintains at least the veneer of enforcing the law (unless you’re powerful and/or rich).
That veneer only ever existed to people who wanted to see it and could afford to ignore the truth.