The Men of Mobtown: Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation (Justice, Power, and Politics)

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Book Synopsis: What if racialized mass incarceration is not a perversion of our criminal justice system's liberal ideals, but rather a natural conclusion? Adam Malka raises this disturbing possibility through a gripping look at the origins of modern policing in the influential hub of Baltimore during and after slavery's final decades. He argues that America's new professional police forces and prisons were developed to expand, not curb, the reach of white vigilantes, and are best understood as a uniformed wing of the gangs that controlled free black people by branding them—and treating them—as criminals. The post–Civil War triumph of liberal ideals thus also marked a triumph of an institutionalized belief in black criminality.Mass incarceration may be a recent phenomenon, but the problems that undergird the "new Jim Crow" are very, very old. As Malka makes clear, a real reckoning with this national calamity requires not easy reforms but a deeper, more radical effort to overcome the racial legacies encoded into the very DNA of our police institutions.

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Discover the unsettling truth about America's criminal justice system in "The Men of Mobtown: Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation." Author Adam Malka provides a gripping account of the origins of modern policing and its connection to white vigilantes in Baltimore. Through meticulous research, Malka reveals how the professional police forces and prisons that emerged during and after slavery served to expand control over free black people, reinforcing the belief in black criminality.

Uncover the deep-rooted racial legacies that have shaped our police institutions over time. Malka's examination of Baltimore's history offers a critical perspective on the troubling phenomenon of mass incarceration. This thought-provoking book challenges conventional notions of criminal justice and demands a radical effort to overcome the systemic issues that have plagued our society for generations.

Are you ready to confront the historical and institutionalized discrimination embedded within our criminal justice system? Take action and delve into "The Men of Mobtown: Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation" today. This eye-opening book will open your mind and inspire you to join the movement for real change.

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