What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.

What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.

  • lolcatnipEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Whose original idea for police? Sounds like maybe you’re alluding to Robert Peel. But as far as I know, the intellectual heritage of American police is more of an extension of runaway slave patrols.

    • PugJesus@kbin.social
      1·
      9 months ago

      Peel. I could get into a broader argument about the institutional origins of American police, but I think it suffices to say that American police were, at least in terms of becoming formalized structures, influenced by British (and French) policing ideals of the early-mid-19th century.

      In that sense, they’ve certainly not lived up to the purported ideals.