&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;What are the police for?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt; Producer &lt;/span&gt;B.A. Parker&lt;span&gt; started wondering this back in June, as Black Lives Matter protests and calls to “defund the police” ramped up. The question led her to a wild story of a stabbing on a New York City subway train, and the realization that, according to the law, the police don’t &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;always&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt; have to protect us. Producer &lt;/span&gt;Sarah Qari&lt;span&gt; joins Parker to dig into the legal background, which takes her all the way up to the Supreme Court... and then all the way back down to on-duty officers themselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;This episode contains strong language and graphic violence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Reported and produced by B.A. Parker and Sarah Qari, and produced by Matt Kielty and Pat Walters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Special thanks to April Hayes and Katia Maguire for their documentary Home Truth about Jessica Gonzales, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAfUI_hETy0&amp;amp;ab_channel=Cracked"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Cracked.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt; for sending us down this rabbit hole, Caroline Bettinger-López, Geoff Grimwood, Christy Lopez, Anthony Herron, Mike Wells, and Keith Taylor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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