From slave patrols to the criminalisation of Black communities, racism has been a feature of US policing for centuries.

Candace McDuffie is a music and culture journalist whose work has appeared in MTV, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and Glamour.
From slave patrols to the criminalisation of Black communities, racism has been a feature of US policing for centuries.
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