Word: plainclothesmen
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Ever since 14 plainclothesmen shot their way into a Chicago Black Panther apartment last December and killed Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, there have been serious doubts about the authorities' contention that the Panthers opened fire first and put up major resistance. Reporters found evidence that the gun battle was largely one-sided; Panthers claimed that the cops had staged the raid to murder black leaders. Last week further shadows were cast on the police story when the state abruptly dropped all charges, including that of attempted murder, against the seven Panthers who survived...
...many cities, Washington is toiling to stamp out the world's oldest profession. One reason is that prostitutes' customers, including some of the capital's hordes of visitors, are easy prey to mugging as an unexpected part of their transaction. One common police technique involves male plainclothesmen, who arrest girls who solicit them. For the past three months, Washington has been reversing the process by using three female decoys to catch the male customers...
Near the end of the two-day trial yesterday morning, Coddaire ordered the courtroom cleared of about 50 spectators after stating that they were disrupting the hearing. The spectators, most of them supporters of the defen-dants, resisted non-violently as court guards and plainclothesmen pushed them out of the courthouse...
...Vienna newspaper warned that many AGENTS ARE COMING, and platoons of plainclothesmen were posted throughout the city to keep an eye on all those spooks. In a scene straight out of The Third Man, a special police team combed Vienna's labyrinthine sewers for possible bombs...
...demand for a Supreme Court hearing, warning this time that the situation threatened "grave danger of loss of life." Later, marshals were allowed to enter the building to serve subpoenas on nine of his men. A few hours after that performance, Kirk, his aides, his troopers and his plainclothesmen all deserted the place and there was little likelihood that they would be coming back. Fed up with the Governor's grandstanding, Judge Krentzman formally cited Kirk for contempt and told him to get out of the way of the busing plan or face fines...