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Jamie Raskin: “We must never forget that policing in America started with slave patrols.”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2020
We must never forget that policing in America started with slave patrols.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin highlights the origins of policing in relation to slavery.

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