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King's tall order would require massive federal intervention. The Justice Department, however, has long hesitated to exercise undue federal power−mainly, it says, because it is anxious to boost state responsibility and encourage Southern lawmen to discover the U.S. Constitution. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was so anxious on this score that in 1964 he pleaded "very limited power" to protect Mississippi Negroes. But as 29 top law professors quickly reminded him, the U.S. Code (Title 10, Section 333) fully empowers the President to use all necessary force on every foot of American soil to uphold...
...Revolution Against Authority." In a way, Chief Parker is too successful. He is probably the most respected law-enforcement officer in the U.S. after J. Edgar Hoover. His published views on law enforcement, Parker on Police, are required reading for lawmen all over the U.S. At home, the very fact that he has survived three city administrations−and helped them to survive−gives him enormous power and prestige. Moreover, unlike most cops who are content to tend their roses or go fishing in off hours, William Parker (few call him Bill) is a compulsive and all-too-articulate...
...officers now fear that as a result even valid confessions will be virtually eliminated. The Supreme Court has let 13 months pass without clarifying Escobedo. Presumably it is waiting to see whether its decision has had the intended effect of forcing police to do more investigating than interrogating. Despite lawmen's bitter criticism of Escobedo, it is a powerful reminder that U.S. judicial processes are theoretically based on accusation, not inquisition...
...lawmen walked briskly out of Grays Hall and across Mass. Ave. Turning down Linden Street, they noticed that a large crowd had gathered in front of the Squash Courts. An ambulance was parked at the curb, and two attendants were carrying out the body. The Chief stopped the stretcher before it reached the ambulance and lifted one corner of the sheet. Biff blanched. The corpse was an unusually livid color and the face was twisted into a macabre grimace. Bundie swallowed hard and followed the Chief into the building...
...bored Southern gentry. It was formed by leading members of the Southern communities to protect their women and homes from Reconstruction carpetbagger thugs and freed Negroes. Many Negroes returned to their homes or sought work with others, but there were many who, spurred on by crooked politicians and lawmen, raped, robbed and generally browbeat decent citizens. I am a descendant of one of the original Klansmen and have heard of these things all my life. The decent, law-abiding Negro was never set upon-only the criminal element. I am not saying that the Klan has never made a mistake...