Los Angeles Red Squad The Communist Situation in California (2013)

The opening Los Angeles today at dusk In this first instalment of a series about the police in the United States Travis Wilkerson seeks to trace the early activities of the Red Squad section of the municipal police under the zealous tutelage of its figurehead in the 1920s and 30s William Red Hynes Of him we only see a face and a gesture revolver pointed at the person photographing him His mission To track down flush out and threaten communist activists Infiltration and intimidation were the lot of this political militia purposely created to break any hint of social or political subversion