Word: cars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...downtown Dallas, Police Officer John Chase, 25, stopped a car and ticketed the driver for not having a license. Onlooker Carl Williams, 34, a homeless black man with mental problems, objected to the white officer's action. The two argued, then scuffled. Williams grabbed the officer's revolver. As the policeman pleaded for his life, voices from the gathering crowd yelled, "Shoot him! Shoot him!" Williams shot Chase in the face and strolled away, then returned and fired twice more at the dying officer. Soon after, two off-duty policemen fatally wounded Williams...
Racial roles were reversed in the murder of Officer Chase. Police Chief Billy Prince charged that "constant bashing" of his officers had contributed to Chase's death. Many blacks joined whites in showing their sympathy with the police by tying black ribbons to car antennas and driving with their lights on. Some 3,000 people attended a memorial service in Dallas, including officers from 117 cities...
...killers chose their moment well. Attorney General Carlos Hoyos Jimenez had just spent the week in Medellin, drug capital of Colombia, investigating the suspicious release from jail of Cocaine Cowboy Jorge Ochoa Vasquez. Hoyos was headed for the airport to return to Bogota. Suddenly, three jeeps and a car forced Hoyos' Mercedes off the road. Several men jumped out and sprayed the Attorney General's car with machine-gun fire, apparently wounding Hoyos and instantly killing his bodyguard and driver. Hoyos, his head bowed and bloody, was dragged from the vehicle and kidnaped. Hours later his bullet-riddled body...
...these prices for real? Ground beef, 87 cents per lb. Oranges, eight for $1. Car batteries, $25. Videocassette recorders, $180. Yes, but that is just the beginning of the surprises. Here comes a clerk -- whooosh! -- on roller skates. And just look at these 20-ft. mountains of merchandise, from catsup to cameras, mustard to mufflers. Disoriented yet? This is the green zone, where groceries are sold. For everything from mouthwash to antifreeze, go to the blue zone. Tired? Here, sit down on one of the convenient wooden benches and sip some free cider or coffee with other weary shoppers...
Meanwhile, a conscientious Iowa state trooper flagged down the entire four- car Gephardt motorcade and gave every driver a speeding ticket...