“People complain about how violent the cops are today, shoot, they have nothing on how cops used to be.”
I agree. I grew up in Boston in the 1930s-—1940s. No one messed around with the cops-——and if one of the neighborhood boys got into trouble,and some did,the parents were on the side of the cops.
There was virtually no crime in our neighborhood.
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Boston has the oldest police department in the United States.
Back then the hiring requirements were: male, fast runner, good with your hands, and Irish or German.