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Latest Episodes:

Introducing: 'Behind the Insurrections' Jan 15, 2021

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.

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How The Police Declared War On All Of Us Jul 02, 2020

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.

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How Police Unions Made Cops Even Deadlier Jun 30, 2020

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.)

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How The Police Defeated Lynching Via Torture Jun 25, 2020

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' persists in law enforcement to this day.

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The History of American Police and the Ku Klux Klan Jun 23, 2020

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.

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How The First Police Went From Gangsters, To An Army For The Rich Jun 18, 2020

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 died.

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Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing Jun 16, 2020

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.

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Behind the Police Trailer Jun 14, 2020

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 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.

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