Back Quote by Robert Glasper

What we are oftentimes reminding people of is the fact that the history of police in the U.S. was that they were slave patrols.…

— Opal Tometi

“the first real organized policing systems in America arguably began in the South with slave patrols. The patrols were armed and uniformed, and typically…

— Radley Balko

I've heard it said that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. To that end, I think it's worth noting that…

— Steve Stoute

When slavery was over, those atrocities that were done by slave owners was passed over to law enforcement, and law enforcement took up that…

— Isaac Wright Jr

The police are not entrusted with a mission which differentiates them from those they serve. Being unconcerned with ultimate purposes, they are inseparable from…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

“There were times when the world did not need policemen, because what it really did need was for somebody who knew what they were…

— Terry Pratchett

History is a continuum, it's not these separate moments. That's how we look at it. In the 1700s in Virginia before there were police…

— Titus Kaphar

In Baltimore they can't do police work to save their lives. Now because of Freddie Gray they're not even getting out of the car…

— David Simon

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to…

— David Mamet

A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And, you know,…

— Trevor Noah

Many later commented on the fact that large numbers of those engaged in the most senseless acts of destruction were left well alone by…

— John Blair

We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.

— Bobby Seale