Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inmates had no security; they would have run if authorities had gone in right away." Actually, Attica prison guards tried, but were repulsed. The Midwestern officer insists that a large enough force, using tear gas and clubs instead of guns, could have been mustered quickly to handle the mob. Another warden says that bringing in too many outside police can undermine the authority of the regular prison staff in the prisoners' eyes...
Most city police have learned a lot since the major riots. This summer, they marshaled their forces far more effectively than they used to. In the past, when a disturbance broke out, they would wait until a mob formed before trying to intervene. After that, the use of too much force was usually predictable. Now they move in massively on an incident before it gets out of hand. And the show of force-or occasionally a calculated withdrawal as a gesture of confidence in local leaders-is usually enough. At the same time, police have established better relations with minority...
...Mass. It also involves the spiritual shattering of a young man who begins as a simple guitarist and gradually becomes a priestly celebrant by receiving various sacred vestments-just as the church itself gradually acquired more and more trappings of ritual. Eventually, when he attempts to offer the mob Holy Communion, the symbolic body and blood of Christ, they cry out, "Dona nobis pacem [Give us peace]!" and blame God because man has not abolished war on earth: "Give us peace that we don't keep breaking...
...estimated $7,000,000 to $12 million a year, according to joint state legislative committee estimates, narcotics operations are many times as profitable. "The temptation for cops in narcotics these days is terrific," says Murphy. "The money is everywhere. Fortunes are being made. It's not just the Mob that is involved now. Everyone...
...derelicts. Waking at dawn, they warmed up in the Park Street subway station, washed their dirty faces in the Trailways bus terminal, then looked for work at a day-labor hiring hall. In fact, there was only one thing that separated Frank Huszar and Peter Dahm from the mob of down-and-outers in the hall. The others were there out of necessity; Huszar and Dahm were students in a course in urban problems...