Word: commonical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Frank insisted the curfew was a necessity because residents around the Common complained about the noise. He said that since the hippies had moved in there, merchants on Charles Street were complaining that the street had become uninhabitable. "These older people have a right to live, too," he concluded...
...couple of police cars came into view. One rode up on the Common grass and the driver bellowed through a loudspeaker, "The curfew is in effect. All persons will leave the Boston Common immediately, or be subject to arrest...
...curfew is now in effect. All persons will leave the Boston Common immediately, or be subject to arrest...
Slowly, everyone began to leave. It appeared for a few moments as if there would be no arrests, no confrontation. But it was just the first stage of the agreed-upon mobile tactics. A crowd of 75 or so left the Common, but returned 15 minutes later. At 3:40 a.m., a line of police cars and paddy-wagons formed a few hundreds yards from the crowd...
...there was dissension among the demonstrators. A small hard-core group was standing on the Common proper, goading others to join them, but most of the others remained in the relative safety of the pavement circling the Common. The police cars made their move. It was total confusion. Kids who had been listening to the tall New Yorker with sideburns now didn't know which way to go. Were they supposed to run, or stay? Some people scattered. Some began to battle the police. It was impossible to tell whether this was a public protest, or a battle...