Abstract:Governments sometimes apologize for their mistakes but apologizing for mistakes does not always impart legitimacy on governments. Policing's history in the United States creates the context through which policing is understood today. Because people are socialized into understanding government throughout their lives, individuals come to an understanding of what police are like, how police act, and biases that police have. Policing's history is full of enforcing racial inequity which creates a context today that… Show more
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