[Gasshog]

lotz O Irish coppers in the cities back when paddy wagons got their name

[KittenClaws]

lotz O Irish coppers in the cities back when paddy wagons got their name

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I assumed as much, but can not discern the truth of the term “paddy wagon”

[AZLiberty]

https://splinternews.com/a-complete-history-of-the-phrase-paddy-wagon-the-survi-1793855618

Two theories: riding in the back in the early 1800’s when it was practically illegal to be Irish in New York, or riding in the front in the 1900s when most of the cops were Irish.

How times change.