Colonial Roots of Modern Policing
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what if i told you. The police forces we know today weren't designed to protect us.
They were designed to control colonized populations. During British colonial rule,
police were explicitly created to suppress resistance and maintain dominance over local people.
In India, the police acted as enforcers of British extraction, protecting trade
routes while brutalizing anyone who challenged the system. In Kenya, colonial police
rounded up freedom fighters and tortured them in detention camps. In Ireland,
the Royal Irish Constabulary became a paramilitary force that violently crushed independence movements.
These weren't peace officers. They were occupation forces. What's disturbing
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