[–] A_M_Swallow 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
You are thinking of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
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[–] lettersofmarque [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm not sure what you mean. The citizens who historically stepped up to maintain order were conservative family men.
[–] lettersofmarque [S] ago
My point exactly. The police would get involved whiplash fast if citizens formed a phalanx to protect themselves. Since citizens are satisfied for now being victimized, move along nothing to see here.
[–] PepeFarmRemembers 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Police and fire departments are insurance polices for local government. You can't tax what has been burned down.
[–] CapinBoredface 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
In an ideal, racially homogenous, small population of people, sure.
But once you start adding in other races and increasing the number of people in an area they start to need policing. This is common sense.
[–] lettersofmarque [S] 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
This is common sense.
Is it? Do you believe citizens could not maintain order on their own?
[–] CapinBoredface 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Happy white citizens in a small town sure can.
3 million immigrants sure as fuck can’t.
[–] A_M_Swallow 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
In 19th century Britain the local police were controlled by the Watch Committee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_committee
Before the police were created the city streets of Britain and the USA were patrolled by 'Watchmen' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchman_(law_enforcement)
[–] spaceman84 ago
Doubt it. Highway robbers were a common threat to travelers and farmers for centuries. Most common folk didn't have weapons until industrialization made them affordable. Crime was far easier to get away with as well.
[–] lettersofmarque [S] 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago (edited ago)
The question of the hour for me is: The police were established to protect whom?
https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/history-policing-united-states-part-1
Link to article
Anybody else notice a relationship here?
Edit: fixed a link.
[–] fightknightHERO 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
the boys in blue work for the jew...
[–] unscreen 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
The police existed in Boston since the mid-late 1600's, but they cleared the drunk, passed out bums off the streets and did stuff like that. They weren't going around arresting people like today.
[–] dayofthehope 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
From the article, it seems that the police was established by Jews to protect their business interests at the expense of the public: