Word: cops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...drunken-driving suspect has enough sense to keep his mouth shut, no policeman can force him to admit how much alcohol he has under his belt. But what if the cop demands a blood sample which will offer the same information, and probably more accurately? A sample the man must give, said the Supreme Court. And then it buckled down to explaining just why a man, who has a constitutional right to silence, must deliver his own blood in testimony against himself...
Words & Action. While Police Superintendent Orlando Wilson has earned nationwide acclaim for his success in reforming a force long noted for corruption, he has found it no easy task to instill the cop on the beat with a respect for minorities. "There is very, very big resentment of the police out there," says the Rev. Donald Headley, head of the Cardinal's Committee for the Spanish Speaking in Chicago.* "The attitude of the policeman to the Puerto Ricans has been very...
...Division Street, main stem of the barrio that holds the majority of Chicago's Puerto Rican population, people drooped languidly from tenement windows and crowded the front stoops, ducking for cover during thundershowers that drenched the area off and on all day. In any other minority neighborhood, the cop on the beat might have been nervous, for the day (it was Sunday), the mood and the weather afforded the classic setting for a racial explosion. But Division Street, as always, had been relatively quiet. Only the day before, the police band had joined in a parade through the area...
...charge and save the state the time and expense of a trial, I will let you off with a light sentence." The offer comes from a judge. The second party to the bargain is a nervous defendant accused of a crime, almost certain to be convicted, and tempted to "cop a plea." The prac tice is one of long standing. And it has advantages for the public as well as the accused: it clears crowded dockets and sometimes extracts information about other crimes and other criminals as part of the bargain. But is it proper...
...never even seen him before. Explained the buyer: "It's simple. All you do is go up to a hip-looking type and ask, 'Where can I get a cube?' More often than not, the guy knows, and if you don't look like a cop, will tell you. The usual advice from the seller is 'Be cool with this, baby...