New Jersey state troopers salute before an NFL football game.
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Racism was an early hallmark of the New Jersey State Police, and remains challenging for police agencies in the 21st century.
Armed white citizens and police have historically worked together in the U.S., though it’s not clear whether that’s what’s happening here.
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For many Americans, law and order has long been as much a private matter as something for the government to handle.
A depiction of Fook Shing in Melbourne Illustrated, November 13 1880.
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Fook Shing spent 20 years as a Melbourne gumshoe. He policed the thriving Chinese community – claiming opium as an expense – but was never promoted above his entry rank of detective third class.