@gothamgirlblue It was chilling when, during the George Floyd (et al) protests, I read up on the origins on policing. Amazingly, it's not JUST slave patrols. Police departments happily point to private security spooking potential thieves from ships importing raw materials from the Americas into England...which oh, more slavery.

But really, the thief deterrence says everything: Policing is about protecting capital from people, no matter who does the job, unfortunately.