Word: lackeyism
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Ricks spoke also, and soon everyone was speaking, telling the watching policemen what the Negro community thought of white cops. As the speeches went on, Lackey withdrew his men to the ends of the streets, and soon the threat of violence action was swept away in the violence of words. Ambulances were still riding in and out of the area, carrying injured to the hospital. At least ten people received hospital treatment...
Immediately Lackey was in the street yelling, "Hey sheriff, you've got to stop this." From then on, Lackey made it clear that he wanted no help from the sheriff or the troopers unless he specifically requested it. He has not asked for any aid again...
...Lackey, assistant chief of the Montgomery police, is an example of the latter group. Deliberate and slow, almost to the point of dullness, Lackey seldom raises his voice even in the heat of the demonstrations. Although large, like the archetypal southern cop, Lackey's face is soft and his cheek muscles never ripple to reveal clenched teeth below. No matter how tough the situation, he always has a smile and a handshake for the reporter who bothered to make himself familiar to the assistant chief...
...Lackey, slowness is both a virtue and a tool. During the daily street demonstrations he was constantly besieged by city and state officials who urged him to "lock the niggers up." "Well," he inevitably drawled, "let's just wait a while and see what happens...
...possemen charged the civil rights demonstrators, Lackey asked Montgomery County sheriff Mac Sim Butler to help him get a small crowd of the marchers back to the other side of the street where the bulk of the crowd was being contained. Whether from personal sadistic zeal, or sheriff's orders, the possemen went wild, and began to charge both groups of demonstrators...