Judge — January 1933 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Judge" Political Cartoon: Police School This single-panel comic satirizes police training or police brutality through a sequential narrative at a "Police School." The cartoon depicts officers progressively using more violent tactics—from initial confrontations to throwing suspects, culminating in nighttime scenes of officers attacking figures on the ground. The satire appears to critique either inadequate police training that encourages excessive force, or mock the normalization of police violence as an accepted "school" curriculum. The repetition of "POLICE SCHOOL" labels emphasizes how violence becomes systematized and taught rather than aberrant behavior. The final nighttime panels suggest violence occurring beyond public oversight, possibly criticizing how such conduct goes unpunished when hidden from daylight scrutiny. Without a visible date, the specific historical context remains unclear, though the critique of police violence has remained relevant across American history.