Word: decoys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory," summarized Washington, "is worth infinitely more to the Negro than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house." Jack Johnson's reply to these sentiments, as recorded by Negro writer Robert DeCoy, was direct and succinct...
...them off from an important fringe benefit of their jobs: conversation with passengers. Some riders, however, might appreciate the blessed and unusual quiet. Other experiments have had equally spotty success. More than 5,000 New York policemen now hold hack licenses and moonlight as cabbies. In addition, cops drive decoy cabs, and squad cars often follow taxis into high-crime areas. In some cities, a few cabs are equipped with police radios. Despite these measures, the cab crime rate in New York City has continued to soar. As one police official says: "Taxis are just an easy mark...