Modern Day Policing Since The 1600's Summary

Policing in the U.S. has seen some change yet it is still quite similar to modern day policing. According to Auandaru Nirhani’s view on policing in his essay “Policing slaves since the 1600’s,” there are few similarities; as well as some differences over the past years. Nirhani also talks about Slave patrols, which consisted of white men who conducted armed patrols during the night. The patrollers had to break up slave gatherings and search slave residences. Nirhani also talks about the level of discrimination from the past compared to the present. He also mentions “The Principles of Law Enforcement.” So is modern day policing different from its origins? According to Nirhani things like slave patrols, discrimination, and the principles which the law enforcement abides by haven’t changed that much at all. …show more content…
They formed because at this time the English adopted a slave code from the Barbadians. This code was adopted because agriculture was very essential to the economy, so the slave trade became very valuable. Not long after, the number of slaves outnumbered the whites. In Nirhani’s essay he states that whites were in “fear of insurrections and riots,” and because of this, slave patrols were established so they would the slaves under control. (Nirhani 2) Discrimination was also mentioned by Nirhani in is essay. However, his approach was on racial profiling. Racial Profiling is a discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials in the 1700s. They target individuals based on their race, ethnicity, or religion. Racial profiling was established because police wanted to prevent crimes before they happened. According Nirhani law enforcement officials consisted primarily of white patrolmen. These patrolmen were “detaining, arresting and beating up people of color.”(Nirhani