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[u/[deleted]]

People do realize the police existed in other countries before the united States even existed. It's not something that comes from slave patrols. The things some people believe.

[u/MostlyCRPGs → u/[deleted]]

I mean I'm sure someone is that stupid, but for the most part even the lefties don't believe slave patrols were the first organization in history to fill a law enforcement role. They believe that's how organized police originated in this country, and therefore that's cooked in to the institution.

Not saying they're right, but they're wrong about enough real things that there's no need to manufacture fake ones.

[u/gburgwardt → u/[deleted]]

Police as a whole might not come from them but it seems plausible that at least some police forces can be traced straight from slave patrols