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Power effectively explains how the US police force was established, how its power, privileges and funding has increased across many years, and how prejudice, discrimination and unequal treatment of black and white people is integrated in their judgment and actions. Power conveys an important message. It provides a wake-up call regarding the ever-rising power of the police, and the consequences, especially given the rapid rise of fascism, totalitarianism, repression and inequality in the USA and more and more other countries around the world.