07-18-2016, 10:09 AM
We invented the monster that is modern American policing. At every turn, we opted for zero tolerance, and hired for shock troops. We don't have constables on patrol (C.O.P.) we have something closer to interior ministry troops.
In the beginning, Sir Robert Peel invented policing as an army of the upper class, to replace the hue and cry, and protect newly industrialized England from the rabble building up in the growing cities.
In the beginning, Sir Robert Peel invented policing as an army of the upper class, to replace the hue and cry, and protect newly industrialized England from the rabble building up in the growing cities.
There was never any good old days
They are today, they are tomorrow
It's a stupid thing we say
Cursing tomorrow with sorrow
-- Eugene Hutz
They are today, they are tomorrow
It's a stupid thing we say
Cursing tomorrow with sorrow
-- Eugene Hutz