This month we look look into the surprisingly horrifying origins of the police force, the proposed reforms in Minneapolis, and how to properly cure dick leather.

Sources:

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2817-the-end-of-policing

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-reform/minneapolis-city-council-resolves-to-replace-police-with-community-led-model-idUSKBN23J2W5

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/minneapolis-police-automation-real-time-data

https://www.dailysentinel.com/apna/us/image_4dbd35f9-311d-51a0-b1f5-14c14f626c18.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/i-know-why-police-reforms-fail/613189

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/i-know-why-police-reforms-fail/613189

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/politics/police-military-gear.html

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145/subject-content/shaping-the-nation

https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/number-of-arrests/latest

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52890363

https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/stop-and-search/latest

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44214748

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/research-and-learning/statistics/annual-deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-statistics

https://fullfact.org/crime/police-funding-england-and-wales/

https://fortune.com/2020/06/09/defund-the-police-budget-spending-state-local-dismantle-protests-george-floyd-how-much-spent/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2020.1741775?scroll=top&needAccess=true

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-48885846

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-documents-us-recid_b_9542312?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANIwv0zIOvVRAhpRYOn6qUVrJIZi9N5bsr8BBzziscqGxflj3Kt8rIfzI2F6efIlcqBRfC63O9obIlN2Ndta3uaOdEHX3aTtoVZsVTVDNn-USJ1rRQrN8dYtK4dJedGyJp3DiDQAI9cmUytgrCrk83lHVK-6YHT3yyrv013UKSZA

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04334/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/300986/incarceration-rates-in-oecd-countries/

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

intro by:

Bubamara Brass Band

"Manea Romi"

outro by:

4bstr4ck3r

"Soundboy"

Thumbnail art by:

Tito Belgrave

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xy19l