Behind the Bastards - Behind the Police Trailer

Episode Date: June 15, 2020

How did American police get so violent? The answer to that question goes back centuries, to the earliest days of this nation. On this special podcast miniseries hosts journalist, Robert Evans and rap artist, Propaganda (Jason Petty) draw a straight line from the darkest days of slavery, to the murder of George Floyd and the mass violence American police meted out to their citizens this summer.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm Robert Evans, host of Behind the Bastards, and I'm here with Jason Petty, better known as the hip-hop artist Propaganda. Prop, how do you, how do you feel about the police? Well, not the band, but like, you know, law enforcement. The law enforcement depends on if my mom's listening, but essentially it's complicated about the police. Yeah. It is about to get more complicated because you and I are doing a special series called

Behind the Police, where for like seven hours, we're going to talk about the entire complicated ugly history of what you might call the worst police in all of history. Guys, do your good soul care, prepare yourself, it's about to get dark. Listen to Behind the Bastards on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.