r/SelfAwarewolves 19d ago

“Are we the baddies?”

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u/pizzaheadbryan 19d ago
  1. Police are descended directly from slave patrols

  2. If anyone who doesn't believe in the party switch and conflates modern Democrats with the Klan defends this I'm gonna slap someone.

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u/Scaryassmanbear 19d ago

I was gonna say, the point made in the original post is not even citing the best evidence—that police forces descended from slave patrols.

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u/ScoobyDooItInTheButt 19d ago

They needed something to do after slavery was (mostly) abolished.

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u/longagofaraway 19d ago

They needed something to do after slavery was(mostly) abolished. converted to felony punishment.