Word: curfew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...riot" of course played into the hands of the police. who got to beat people, make lots of arrests, and show a massive presence in the Square area. One University Policeman said that the police had their tactics and manpower more together this time than ever before. The strict curfew, and attack that cut off the small group near the Common from ever getting to the Square were more military than anything Cambridge has seen yet. They were part of the new "get tough" attitude demanded by Cambridge merchants, and potentially vote-getting for people like Walter J. Sullivan...
Wednesday night's curfew and massive police presence in Harvard Square marked the beginning of a crackdown on street people in the area...
Many in the group said they expected a police attack in the Common at 9 p.m.-the hour set as curfew there by the City Council last week. But no police came...
Meanwhile. Cambridge police had moved over 200 men to the outskirts of the Square and at 9:30 p.m. City Manager Joseph Corcoran ordered an 11 p.m. citywide curfew. Police broadcast the curfew notice by amplifiers from their cruisers. About two dozen helmeted police were stationed at intersections throughout the Square...
...city lifted the curfew Monday night, but the West End ghetto remained tense as young blacks clustered on corners and heavily-armed police patrolled the streets...