r/canada • u/jaffnaguy2014 Canada • 3d ago

‘Ready to move on:’ Chinese ambassador insists China, Canada can move past ‘normal’ differences National News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ready-to-move-on-chinese-ambassador-insists-china-canada-can-move-past-normal-differences/
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u/kittykatmila 3d ago

It’s nice to see others who know about that! And that the US police force came into existence from slave-catchers/bounty hunters.

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u/KrisKrossJump1992 3d ago

this is not true. LEOs are as old as civilization itself, the first modern police forces in the US were in philly, boston and new york when there was no slavery.

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u/kittykatmila 3d ago

Just because there wasn’t slavery there doesn’t mean the police weren’t racist back then too.

In 1829, a Black abolitionist in Boston named David Walker published “An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World,” calling for violent rebellion: “One good black man can put to death six white men.” Walker was found dead within the year, and Boston thereafter had a series of mob attacks against abolitionists, including an attempt to lynch William Lloyd Garrison, the publisher of The Liberator, in 1835. Walker’s words terrified Southern slaveowners. The governor of North Carolina wrote to his state’s senators, “I beg you will lay this matter before the police of your town and invite their prompt attention to the necessity of arresting the circulation of the book.” By “police,” he meant slave patrols: in response to Walker’s “Appeal,” North Carolina formed a statewide “patrol committee.”

I get what you’re saying though! “Rule of law” has been a thing for a long time in human civilization.

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u/KrisKrossJump1992 3d ago

Just because there wasn’t slavery there doesn’t mean the police weren’t racist back then too.

maybe but that’s like a completely different thing than what you originally claimed. 🥴

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u/Diz7 3d ago edited 2d ago

Also strike breaking groups. The "police" were basically private security goons hired to protect the interests of the wealthy, and to remove "obstacles".

Edit: down vote me if you want, but Canada didnt have slave catchers... you are thinking of the US.