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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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. 

FOOTNOTES:

1. I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing
2. The History of Policing in the United States
3. A New History Tears Down the Myth of the Texas Rangers
4. American Police Training and Political Violence: From the Philippines Conquest to the Killing Fields of Afghanistan and Iraq
5. THE MILITARIZATION OF THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
6. Militarized policing doesn’t reduce crime and disproportionately hits black communities
7. Multi-Method Study Of Special Weapons and Tactics Teams 
8. The Growing Epidemic of Cops Shooting Family Dogs
9. U.S. spends twice as much on law and order as it does on cash welfare, data show
10. Militarization fails to enhance police safety or reduce crime but may harm police reputation
11. Police officers in the US were charged with more than 400 rapes over a 9-year period
12. 'Who will protect you from rape without police?'
13. More cops. Is it the answer to fighting crime?
14. How shows like ‘Cops’ and ‘Law & Order’ affect our views of the police
15. The Militarization of America's Police: A Brief History

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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.)

FOOTNOTES:

1. The History of Policing in the United States
2. Study finds misconduct spreads among police officers like contagion
3. The End of Policing 
4. How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts
5. The unjust power of police unions
6. How Police Unions Enable and Conceal Abuses of Power
7. Minneapolis Police Union President Allegedly Wore a “White Power Patch” and Made Racist Remarks
8. Police chiefs are often forced to put officers fired for misconduct back on the streets
9. How a 50-year-old study was misconstrued to create destructive broken-windows policing
10. In New York, major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proactive policing’

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