Word: arrests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which three muggers were trying to escape, pressing in so close that the assailants locked themselves in for fear of their lives. In another, three men chased two muggers down back streets, overtook them and wrestled them into submission. In the most dramatic-and questionable-"citizen's arrest," a dozen men pummeled into unconsciousness a man suspected of and later charged with molesting a nine-year-old girl...
...demonstrations one day did not make it impossible for them to bail out of jail wash off the tear gas, and join a peaceful rally the next. The antiwar movement was always characterized by several levels of participation: liberal students headed for law school could avoid a career-crippling arrest by steering clear of militant demonstrations and still contribute meaningfully to ending the war by joining the peaceful waves of people who clogged the streets in quiet and orderly marches...
...Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Arthur H. Goldberg sat through two hours of the Andy Warhol film Blue Movie, then signed warrants for the seizure of the film and the arrest of the manager, projectionist and ticket taker. The Supreme Court had ruled in 1961 that authorities must grant a preliminary hearing before subjecting the contents of a bookstore to a civil seizure (thus possibly driving it out of business). The Justices are now being asked to extend that standard to seizures of evidence for criminal prosecution. They therefore must decide whether lawyers for both sides should have an opportunity...
...military dictatorship moved to complete the transition from monarchy (without a King) to republic (without an elected President). The regime made it clear that any support for deposed King Constantine is now considered treason. Opposition leaders were followed and warned to remain silent about the monarchy, or risk arrest. Some military leaders suspected of lingering royalist sympathy have lost their posts, while others have been arrested. There were reports that some naval officers accused of participation in last month's mutiny attempt (TIME, June 11) were being tortured. Portraits of the King vanished from walls in restaurants and other...
Hanoi, for its part, still does not admit that it has troops in the South, although they are indisputably there. The Communists worry that if their forces withdraw, Saigon's troops would invade Viet Cong areas, break up the V.C. cadres and arrest suspect Communist sympathizers-thus guaranteeing an election result favorable to Thieu...