Word: copse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kaseta echoed most athletes affected by the incident, saying, "It happened last year, the year before, and having more cops patrol is a good idea."
Careless cops are losing cases
Realizing that making arrests can be a sure way to impress department brass and win promotion, cops grab all the "perpetrators" they can put the arm on, but in their eagerness may neglect rudimentary procedures for gathering proof of the crime that will stand up well in court. With predictable...
Indeed, so many cases of brutality in Houston involve Mexicans that famed Lawyer Percy Foreman declares: "If six Mexicans beat up a policeman, it's murder, but if six policemen beat up a drunk Mexican and throw him into the river, it's a misdemeanor." Foreman is representing...
So does local District Attorney Carol Vance. Twenty-four times in the past four years, he has developed cases involving murder or attempted murder by policemen on duty, but the county grand jury has returned only one indictment-against an off-duty cop who shot a motorist after an accident...