Behind The Bastards

Robert is joined by Joe Kassabian to discuss the death of Pat Tillman.FOOTNOTES: http://www.edgeofsports.com/2008-06-02-350/ https://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/22/mary_tillman_mother_of_slain_nfl https://www.c-span.org/video/?200236-1/army-ranger-tillman-death-investigation https://theintercept.com/2017/09/28/pat-tillman-nfl-protest-death-army-disgrace/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/04/22/305969203/soldier-speaks-up-a-decade-after-pat-tillmans-friendly-fire-death https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/american-troops-friendly-fire-iraq http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/10791530/ex-army-ranger-speaks-first-former-nfl-player-pat-tillman-shooting-says-fired-fatal-shots https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002L6HE3W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue reading Ben Shapiro's terrible novel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue discussing Bill Cooper. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss conspiracy theorist Bill Cooper.FOOTNOTES: https://www.wired.com/2017/03/internet-protocols-elders-zion/ https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Conspiracy-Apocalyptic-Contemporary-Comparative/dp/0520248120 https://www.amazon.com/Pale-Horse-Rider-William-Conspiracy/dp/0399169954 https://books.google.com/books?id=_-oRyJF9t3cC&q=born#v=onepage&q&f=false https://medium.com/@lennyflatley/alex-jones-the-death-of-bill-cooper-and-the-rise-of-the-conspiracy-creeps-494d8646cf23 https://newrepublic.com/article/150922/pioneer-paranoia https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/stricter-parents-turning-children-effective-liars/ https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/how-behold-a-pale-horse-influenced-hip-hop.html Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Andrew Ti to continue discussing John of God. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Andrew Ti to discuss Brazilian 'healer' John of God.FOOTNOTES: Impression on Observing Psychic Surgery and Healing in Brazil Which Appear to Incorporate (+) Qi Gong Energy & the Use of Acupuncture Points Spiritual Surgery: An Investigation SPIRITS WITH SCALPELS: THE CULTURAL BIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS HEALING IN BRAZIL Brazil 'spiritual healer' known as John of God jailed for 19 years for raping four women An Oprah Winfrey Scandal Timeline: It's Not The First Time She's Weathered A Storm Like This Slaves to religion: Brazil raids expose dark side of cults Notorious celebrity faith healer John of God 'sold babies' to Australians Faith healer with millions of followers ran a "sex slave farm and sold babies to highest bidder" ‘John of God’ cult leader allegedly ran child sex slave farm Brazilian activist’s alleged suicide sparks coverage controversy Leap of Faith: Meet John of God John of God: my encounter with Brazil’s accused faith healer I Found Healing With A Famed Spiritualist. Then He Was

For the last episode of Behind the Police, we discuss the history of police militarization in the United States, and where it's led us to today. FOOTNOTES: I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing The History of Policing in the United States A New History Tears Down the Myth of the Texas Rangers American Police Training and Political Violence: From the Philippines Conquest to the Killing Fields of Afghanistan and Iraq THE MILITARIZATION OF THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE Militarized policing doesn’t reduce crime and disproportionately hits black communities Multi-Method Study Of Special Weapons and Tactics Teams  The Growing Epidemic of Cops Shooting Family Dogs U.S. spends twice as much on law and order as it does on cash welfare, data show Militarization fails to enhance police safety or reduce crime but may harm police reputation Police officers in the US were charged with more than 400 rapes over a 9-year period 'Who will protect you from rape without police?' More cops.

If you thought police were deadly up till this point, wait until you hear about what unionization did to the U.S. police (hint: it got a hell of a lot of the rest of us killed.)FOOTNOTES: The History of Policing in the United States Study finds misconduct spreads among police officers like contagion The End of Policing  How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts The unjust power of police unions How Police Unions Enable and Conceal Abuses of Power Minneapolis Police Union President Allegedly Wore a “White Power Patch” and Made Racist Remarks Police chiefs are often forced to put officers fired for misconduct back on the streets How a 50-year-old study was misconstrued to create destructive broken-windows policing In New York, major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proactive policing’ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lynching was the sharpest blade in the arsenal of white supremacy for decades, until American police replaced it with the death penalty. In this episode, Prop and Robert trace the evolution of police torture, and how the legacy of 'the third degree' persists in law enforcement to this day. FOOTNOTES: History of the KKK in Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot Tulsa Timeline The Color of the Third Degree: Racism, Police Torture, and Civil Rights in the American South, 1930–1955 ACCUSED TORTURER JON BURGE DIED LAST WEEK, BUT HIS LEGACY OF BRUTAL, RACIST POLICING LIVES ON IN CHICAGO CHICAGO POLICE TORTURE: EXPLAINED Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years protesters have chanted that the 'cops and klan go hand in hand'. Today, we discuss the very real history behind that, and how it influenced the birth of American policing.FOOTNOTES: KKK in the PD The Red Summer of 1919, Explained At least 2,000 more black people were lynched by white mobs than previously reported, new research finds Extremist cops: how US law enforcement is failing to police itself Yesterday’s Ku Klux Klan members are today’s police officers, councilwoman says The FBI’s Secret Rules Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan during Reconstruction The US government destroyed the Ku Klux Klan once. It could do so again Constituting whiteness: The National Horse Thief Detective Association and racial mores in Indiana, 1850–1930 When Watchmen were Klansmen The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When U.S. police departments didn't evolve out of slave patrols, they tended to form out of a desire to protect the property of the wealthy. In practice, this meant beating, murdering and arresting people who didn't want to work 12 hour days until they died.FOOTNOTES: Krypteia: A Form of Ancient Guerrilla Warfare  The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles The Beginning of American Policing How Stereotypes of the Irish Evolved From ‘Criminals’ to Cops REMEMBERING THE 1906 STRIKE FOR UNION IN WINDBER, PENNSYLVANIA State Police were warned about possible racial bias in car searches. The agency's answer? End the research. The Pinkertons Still Never Sleep Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wonder how Policing started in the U.S.? In this episode, Robert and Prop trace the bloody birth of American policing, from Ancient Greece, to the slave-holding South, to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri today. FOOTNOTES: Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing Slave Patrols: An Early Form of American Policing How the U.S. Got Its Police Force Slave Patrols The History of the Police The History of Policing in the United States Police Dog Bites Black Man A Look at Urban Violence & Police Brutality in Ancient Rome Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

Robert is joined again by Bridget Todd to continue to discuss the Wonga Coup. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Bridget Todd to discuss the Wonga Coup.Footnotes: Saving Sierra Leone, At a Price Safety at a price: Military expertise for sale or rent ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare, mercenary in Congo who later led a failed coup, dies at 100 An African adventure: Inside story of the wonga coup Ely Calil, backer of a farcical coup plot, died on May 28th A mercenary's tale Understanding the Wonga Coup The Wonga Coup Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice The strange and evil world of Equatorial Guinea The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Sofiya Alexandra to continue discussing Elon Musk. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss Elon Musk.FOOTNOTES: Tesla Labor Practices and Musk Tweet Broke the Law, Judge Rules The Trump administration reportedly spent months trying to make sure unauthorized immigrants couldn't go to school Elon Musk, His Rocket, and the Grand Scheme that Tore Apart Boca Chica Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies "I Was a Starter Wife": Inside America's Messiest Divorce A teenage Elon Musk once casually sold his father's emeralds to Tiffany & Co. while his dad was sleeping Elon Musk's family owns an emerald mine in Zambia — here's the fascinating story of how they came to own it A Brief History of How Your Privacy Was Stolen The Evolution of Elon Musk: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Tesla workers speak out: 'Anything pro-union is shut down really fast' Unpacking Elon Musk’s daylong Twitter rant on unions and US history Genuine question: Did Elon Musk's family profit from South African apartheid? Elon Musk: The Architect of T

Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien to discuss David Grossman, director of the Killology Research Group. More than a hundred police departments, and thousands of police officers, have taken Grossman’s courses over more than twenty years. FOOTNOTES: THE TRIGGER AND THE CHOICE: PART 1 Non-Verbal Cues Are Easy to Misinterpret The Bulletproof Warrior “Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One of America’s Most Popular Police Trainers Grossman Interview A day with ‘killology’ police trainer Dave Grossman Inside the School Teaching Cops When It’s OK to Kill Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, the “Killologist” Training America’s Cops One week playing violent video games alters brain activity The Evidence that Video Games Lead to Violence Is Weak Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Billy Wayne Davis to continue discussing Jim Bowie. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss Jim Bowie, the biggest piece of crap in the Old West.FOOTNOTES: What became of Jim Bowie's famous knife? Hero Tales of the American Soldier Three Roads to the Alamo The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline? James Bowie, Big Dealer Selling the Sandbar: Marketing the Bowie Knife No Wounds In His Back Jim Bowie Before the “Gaudy Legend” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.