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Policing in America

Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. As the trial of Derek Chauvin plays out, it's a truth and a trauma many people in the US and around the world are again witnessing first hand. But this tension between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This week, the origins of policing in the United States and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system.

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Policing in America

April 8, 202112:01 AM ET

[Rund Abdelfatah headshot]

Rund Abdelfatah

[Ramtin Arablouei, co-host and co-producer of Throughline.]

Ramtin Arablouei

Jamie York

[Headshot of Julie Caine]

Julie Caine

[Laine Kaplan-Levenson]

Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Lawrence Wu

Parth Shah

Victor Yvellez

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