Word: copse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Soon state and local cops, along with FBI agents, were scouring Mississippi for clues. They found the assassin's weapon-a Springfield rifle mounted with a new telescopic sight-in the honeysuckle patch across from Evers' house.
Among Mississippi Negroes, the anger over Evers' murder coiled like a snake. Thirteen ministers began a silent walk, one by one, at widely spaced intervals toward city hall. To Jackson's cops, this was just another protest march-and up came the paddy wagons to haul the marchers...
Somebody began running. "Don't run! Don't run!" shouted a man. A woman cried "Freedom!" And then the mob was off, racing toward the downtown section of the city. They got as far as the first intersection. There, cops waited with dogs, tear-gas guns and rifles...
The hunt lasted three months. Combing through Quebec in search of the mysterious terrorists who were setting off bombs in public buildings and mailboxes, police checked out some 500 leads without making an arrest. But then came a hot tip, and the cops finally pounced. At week's end...
But hundreds more were already jamming the streets. After half an hour, state police, armed with repeater shotguns and carbines, arrived. Negro demonstrators sprinted into alleys and the cops followed, swinging their clubs. Scores of Negroes were caught and herded into garbage trucks. In all, 500 Negroes were arrested Friday...