Word: copse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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But the Washington cops were different. They were well trained and well disciplined. They were edgy too, but they were always able to differentiate between a kid who threw rocks and one who didn't no matter what the two of them looked like. In short, they were human beings...
Another thing about the cops, which must be true of everyone who was in Washington. They were awed. They had a sense that even though they had the guns. the gas, and the government, they didn't have all the power. In the face of so many people the cops...
Much of the credit for the attitude of the Washington cops lies with Mayor Walter Washington, who must have sympathized with the purpose of the march and must have withstood a terrible struggle for power with Nixon men like Richard Klcindeinst.
The cops, however, weren't. Squad cars patrolled the whole area. As soon as a group of more than 50 people gathered at any street corner the cops gathered to meet them. First three or four motorcycles would arrive. Then the tear gas would be hurled. Then the cycles would...
The cops were well trained; they were also lucky. The wind was blowing strong and in the right direction for effective use of the gas. The kids couldn't stay together. There were only thirteen arrests. The radicals who had hoped for an explosion and Attorney General Mitchell, who was...