Word: copse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir: Much of the hatred of cops comes not from their attempts to enforce criminal law but from the use of sheriffs' uniformed deputies to perform the dirty work required for the economic discrimination against and exploitation of the poor. It is in this capacity that they are imperialists...
The black man dropped the subject and the tall New Yorker began to hate the cops out loud again.
By 2 a.m., the circle had broken up. It was fairly cold, so people started building fresh in trash cans. They stood around in small groups, talking. One long-haired youth got into a discussion with a middle-aged husband and his petite wife, who had been standing around watching...
By now, 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...
As the confused police tried to deal with the kids who were scattering and regrouping but never leaving the Common, I remembered something else the tall New Yorker had said; "We haven't really enough people here tonight to make mobile tactics offensively effective. But there will be other nights...