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Origin of Everything
Evolution of Law Enforcement
Season 3
Episode 23
With ongoing protests across the United States and the globe against law enforcement violence and extrajudicial killings of people in Black, brown, and impoverished communities, the world is contemplating the place of police in our society. This isn't the first time this has happened. We look at policing, from its colonial night watch origins to the modern-day, as well as attempts to change.
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