Word: lawlessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there the life of free and peaceful men is gravely endangered. Being a Black American I am more keenly aware of these dangers than others may be. Black Americans have been robbed of the right of free political expression. They have been made to suffer persecution in silence. The lawless spirit which silenced their cries against oppression is the same spirit which drove the chanters in Sanders Theatre. From a belief in their moral superiority the chanters oppressed members of a political minority and battered them into silence...
...flagstaff after police reported that they could not (or would not) defend the building against the workers. As the construction men withdrew down Wall Street, they were showered with tickertape like returning astronauts. In Seattle, members of a vigilante group called HELP (Help Eliminate Lawless Protest) were reported to have set upon students with clubs...
Multiple investigations at federal and state levels are under way to determine why anyone was killed at Kent State. Far worse disorders have been controlled at other campuses without fatalities. Many of the students had obviously committed lawless acts during that long weekend. Apparently they thought that they could do so with impunity...