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Sound of the Police

- It seems to be two forms one for white Americaand another for Black America

[passengers screaming] - It seems to be two forms
of policing in America: one for white America
and another for Black America

Full Transcript

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[passengers screaming]
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- It seems to be two forms of policing in America:
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one for white America and another for Black America.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:45
Uploaded
Mar 14, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime
Production
Firelight Films,ABC News Studios

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Movie Summary

The fraught relationship between African Americans and the police, often rife with tension, fear, suspicion and hostility on all sides, that fuels the ongoing conflict between African American communities and law enforcement.
LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger than Black and white ♪♪ - Sound of the Police 00:11
LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger than Black and white ♪♪...
If they are stopped by the police, - Sound of the Police 00:06
If they are stopped by the police,
I don't think that there's any question - Sound of the Police 00:06
I don't think that there's any question
This has been happening for decades since slavery. - Sound of the Police 00:07
This has been happening for decades since slavery.
LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger than Black and white ♪♪ - Sound of the Police 00:26
LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger than Black and white ♪♪...
They emerged about 1704 in the Carolinas, - Sound of the Police 00:09
They emerged about 1704 in the Carolinas,
[dramatic music] - Sound of the Police 00:23
[dramatic music]
- The slave patrols were deputized - Sound of the Police 00:13
- The slave patrols were deputized
Under the slave laws, slaves are automatically guilty, - Sound of the Police 00:12
Under the slave laws, slaves are automatically guilty,
"It was also part of my business - Sound of the Police 00:05
"It was also part of my business
I did this without any warrant and at my own discretion." - Sound of the Police 00:11
I did this without any warrant and at my own discretion.&quo...
ELIZABETH: Slave patrols were responsible - Sound of the Police 00:21
ELIZABETH: Slave patrols were responsible
It has the name of the enslaved person, - Sound of the Police 00:08
It has the name of the enslaved person,
They keep close watch on the poor nigger - Sound of the Police 00:08
They keep close watch on the poor nigger
They just like policemen, only worse, - Sound of the Police 00:12
They just like policemen, only worse,
- If patrol caught an enslaved person - Sound of the Police 00:11
- If patrol caught an enslaved person
READER: If you weren't in your proper place - Sound of the Police 00:11
READER: If you weren't in your proper place
The women got 15 lashes, and the men, 30. - Sound of the Police 00:07
The women got 15 lashes, and the men, 30.
KHALIL: It was really a society - Sound of the Police 00:11
KHALIL: It was really a society
Northern colonies had slavery - Sound of the Police 00:07
Northern colonies had slavery