Behind the Police
How did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts Robert Evans and rap artist Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight line from the darkest days of slavery, to the murder of George Floyd and the mass violence American police meted out to their citizens this summer.
- Website
- https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-behind-the-police-63877803/
- Description
- How did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts Robert Evans and rap artist Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight line from the darkest days of slavery, to the murder of George Floyd and the mass violence American police meted out to their citizens this summer.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-02-24 06:50
- last episode published
- 2023-06-16 16:48
- publication frequency
- 137.15 days
- Contributors
- iHeartRadio
- Owner
- iHeartPodcasts
- Author
- Explicit
- true
- Number of Episodes
- 9
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture History
Recommendations
Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-16 | Hi, Behind the Police Fans! Take a listen to the trailer for Sad Oligarch - an investigative podcast series that looks into the many Russian oligarch deaths of 2022. About the show: Since January 2022, more than a dozen of Russia's wealthiest businessm... |
|
| 2021-01-15 | In the wake of the January 6th insurrection in D.C., Robert Evans and co-host Propaganda take a look at fascist insurrections throughout history. They also unpack the evolution, successes, and failures of antifascists in Italy, Germany, and Spain. Le... |
|
| 2020-07-02 | For the last episode of Behind the Police, we discuss the history of police militarization in the United States, and where it's led us to today. FOOTNOTES: I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing The Histor... |
|
| 2020-06-30 | If you thought police were deadly up till this point, wait until you hear about what unionization did to the U.S. police (hint: it got a hell of a lot of the rest of us killed.) FOOTNOTES: The History of Policing in the United States Study finds misco... |
|
| 2020-06-25 | Lynching was the sharpest blade in the arsenal of white supremacy for decades, until American police replaced it with the death penalty. In this episode, Prop and Robert trace the evolution of police torture, and how the legacy of 'the third degree' pe... |
|
| 2020-06-23 | For years protesters have chanted that the 'cops and klan go hand in hand'. Today, we discuss the very real history behind that, and how it influenced the birth of American policing. FOOTNOTES: KKK in the PD The Red Summer of 1919, Explained At least ... |
|
| 2020-06-18 |
How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich When U.S. police departments didn't evolve out of slave patrols, they tended to form out of a desire to protect the property of the wealthy. In practice, this meant beating, murdering and arresting people who didn't want to work 12 hour days until they... |
|
| 2020-06-16 | Ever wonder how Policing started in the U.S.? In this episode, Robert and Prop trace the bloody birth of American policing, from Ancient Greece, to the slave-holding South, to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri today. FOOTNOTES: Myths and Realities of... |
|
| 2020-06-14 | How did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts journalist, Robert Evans and rap artist, Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight lin... |
|