Word: clothesman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meantime, the bailiff had called a young Black man's case. The arresting officer, a plain-clothesman, had charged him with attempted larceny. The officer testified first, saying the man had deliberately bumped his left shoulder and attempted to pick his left pocket. The officer said the man and his friends had separated him and his partner before the incident occurred. He said he grabbed the man, identified himself, and accused the man of trying to fight, "and I told him don't do that or I'll charge you with attempted assault of an officer...