Why so many police officers and other cops are so right wing
Big thanks to Damien and Aaron from Interdependent Study @interdependentstudy for reading out the book passages!
0:00 intro
1:07 right and left
8:58 police are not “neutral”
15:42 police, unions and slavery
20:50 police enforce capitalism
29:49 police are a right-wing subculture
34:59 reform?
Sources:
Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America by Kristian Williams
Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism and Abolition by Brian Bean
Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News by Alec Karakatsanis
How much police unions spend to influence govts in the US: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/06/police-unions-spend-millions-lobbying-to-retain-their-sway-over-big-us-cities-and-state-governments/
How police unions bully politicians: https://newrepublic.com/article/159706/police-unions-bully-politicians-new-york-deblasio
Racism, white supremacy and far-right militancy in law enforcement: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law
Right, left and horseshoe “theory”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc65_z1ZWUs
A transcript of this video is available at https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/police-are-right-wing-not-neutral/
Дата на публикация: 10 октомври, 2026
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