Word: copse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There must be a reason I went to Washington. Something must have happened there. It didn't end the war. It probably didn't even affect the war. There are only two things it did to me-it changed the way I look at cops, at least Washington cops, and...
It seems strange, looking back on it, that the Washington cops should seem different to me from other cops. The night before the Saturday march I was gassed seven times in Dupont Circle, and I had two more encounters with the green stuff later Saturday afternoon. I had been gassed...
I saw lots of cops on my walk, but most of them were policemen and didn't seem sickened by me, my black arm band, my buttons, or the fact that because of people like me they were standing out there in the cold morning drizzle directing traffic. They smiled...
The Capitol was coming closer, but my candle was down to a small stump. I wanted so badly for it to last until we got there. We passed a pair of cops, poised with night sticks. They were bored.
At the Capitol, 19 cops were standing around with nothing to do. It was a beautiful sight to see them so inactive. We walked around the front of the building, and then my candle quit on us. There were only 50 yards left.