Word: disruptions
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Following a rally on the steps of Memorial Church, the demonstrators will march to the CFIA and may attempt to disrupt a luncheon for members of the committee and fellows of the CFIA...
...shouts and curses and laughter of the Panthers are tactics of confrontation that were developed in the street. As the Chicago Seven ably demonstrated, determined men can disrupt a trial at will. And many defendants' apparent disdain for punishment has rendered the traditional judicial fetters-contempt citations, gags and shackles-largely ineffective...
...Trial. Obviously a judge has to maintain order in his court, but ordering physical restraints is often futile. Bound and gagged, Bobby Seale still managed to squeal and squirm enough to disrupt the Chicago proceedings. Besides, the sight of a bound prisoner is repugnant to most Americans. And a gag only supports defendants' claims that they are being silenced for their political views. Judge Julius Hoffman finally ordered Seale to jail to await trial alone...
...stoically put up with Panther provocations day after day, and even adjourned the trial just when the defendants wanted to commemorate the birthday of Panther Huey Newton. He had clearly studied the experience of colleagues-like U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Harold R. Medina, who says: "With these disruptive people, the more you kick them around or the more you clear the court, the more unruly they become." Medina speaks from experience. By controlling his temper, he managed to maintain order while presiding over the potentially explosive 1949 trial of eleven Communists determined to disrupt the proceedings...
...group of radical law students-all of them white-spearheaded the protests, threatening at one point to disrupt another faculty meeting if the faculty refused to hold an open meeting...