Word: plainclothesmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plainclothesmen is undoubtedly justified in many situations, especially in combatting organized crime. But this should not hide the fact that disguising the police always has a social cost...
...More Police!" Elsewhere, the police were less carefully supervised-and less considerate of the rebels. Professors and students who had linked arms to keep police and demonstrators apart were charged by wedges of plainclothesmen. Uniformed officers plunged into the breach to smash open the doors, while others broke in through underground tunnels. At Fayerweather Hall, where protesters had preplanned every act by majority vote, students who intended to submit cleanly to arrest lined up at the door; those who preferred to be dragged out sat on an upper floor; those who decided to resist linked arms on another floor...
Meanwhile, the Boston Globe stated yesterday that a police report on Tuesday morning's raid admits police made tactical errors in clearing students from the buildings. The report, which will not be made public, specifically cited the use of plainclothesmen as a mistake...
...members of the committee have served as a buffer between the students and the administration. On Thursday night, several of them who were trying to protect students inside the buildings, were attacked by plainclothesmen from the New York police department. The attack was termed "a mistake" by the university...
Near the end of the show people started jumping up on the stage just to touch him, shake his hand, or be near him. Plainclothesmen and the police pushed fans back into the audience and Brown kept right on singing. Then between two numbers he came forward and started shaking hands. People wouldn't let go of him while more and more tried to jump up on the stage. It became clear that this was not just an ordinary James Brown performance. Normally he would not have let people charge the podium, but the show had turned into a test...