Misinformation on BuffaloJournal.comhttps://buffalojournal.com/tags/misinformation/Recent content in Misinformation on BuffaloJournal.comBuffaloJournal.comhttps://buffalojournal.com/site-featured-image.jpghttps://buffalojournal.com/site-featured-image.jpgHugoen-usSat, 25 Jul 2026 22:19:58 -0400The Claim That American Police Started as Slave Patrols Has a 1,000-Year Problemhttps://buffalojournal.com/the-claim-that-american-police-started-as-slave-patrols-has-a-1000-year-problem/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:36:08 -0400https://buffalojournal.com/the-claim-that-american-police-started-as-slave-patrols-has-a-1000-year-problem/The claim that American law enforcement descended from Southern slave patrols circulates widely on social media as suppressed history. It is also one of the most verifiably wrong historical claims in active circulation.