Fresh Air

Their exploits are portrayed in countless movies and TV shows, but author Doug Swanson says the law enforcement agency has a dark history of abuse and officially-sanctioned racial oppression — including burning villages, hunting runaway slaves and murdering Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. Swanson’s book is ‘Cult of Glory.’

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/872257157/the-brutal-history-of-the-texas-rangers