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This book takes a look the origin of policing in the United States, and its possible roots in the Slave Patrols of the south during slavery. It looks at how the
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Obscured from our view of slaves and masters in America is a critical third party: the state, with its coercive power. This book completes the grim picture of s
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This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. Newly added material brings the story through 2020,