I agree with the sentient, modern police is highly problematic… but for accuracy sake history is more complex and not all police originated the same way.
American slave patrols where a precursor to southern policing. Northern policing was modeled after London police (with its own oppressive closet skeletons)
But the concept of policing is much older.
Paris had a Lieutenant général de police during louis 14
The ancient romance had the vigiles who kept watch at night and where also firefighters. And tresviri to handle prisons and executions.
Ancients greek and egypt supposedly had public order squads made of slave-archers.
All state oppression is bad but i keep seeing this s