CULTURE

American Policing: Protect Private Property, Not People

A short history of American police departments, established to protect the property rights of wealthy slaveholders, and their full circle return to a racist, occupying militia

David Todd McCarty
Published in
16 min readJan 29, 2023

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Photo by Koshu Kunii on Unsplash

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David Todd McCarty
Ellemeno

A cranky romantic searching for hope and humor. I tell stories. Most of them are true. I’m not at all interested in your outrage, but I do feel your pain.