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...related offense, had also been the person holding the shotgun. Policemen who made the arrest stated flatly that they had seen the accused drop the shotgun and kick it away when they entered the saloon. Nonetheless, the jury voted for acquittal. Two weeks ago in Los Angeles, a policeman testified in a narcotics case that the defendant had indeed asked to see a search warrant, but had willingly admitted the officer without it. An incredulous judge refused to let the case go to the jury and all but called the witness a liar...
Slow Erosion. The change in courtroom attitude is most evident in urban areas, where cop-wary blacks and Spanish-speaking people now have larger representation on juries than they had in the past. That is only one part of what H. Clay Jacke, a Los Angeles attorney (and former policeman) calls the "slow erosion" of cops' courtroom status. Detective Tom Moran, 23-year veteran on the Boston force, observes: "Our credibility bottomed-out during the late '60s. We had all the civil rights cases, the riots, the antiwar marches, and we were ordered to control them. Corruption...
...gallons, were hijacked within a week. Price gouging by station owners has become distressingly common. Miamians complain of having to pay $1 a gallon or being charged a $2 "service fee" before a station attendant will wait on them. In Chicago, a U.S. Attorney filed suit against Policeman Sam McBride, who moonlights as owner of a gas station. McBride was accused by patrons of trying to dodge price controls by "giving away" gas: six gallons with a bar of soap that the customer had to buy for $6; three gallons with a container of all-purpose cleaner for $3; five...
Thus ended Cain's remarkable double-dealing life as a policeman and mobster. Cain was a Chicago detective in the 1950s, and later became chief investigator in the Cook County sheriffs office. In the mid-1960s he was dismissed from the sheriffs office for concocting a phony drug raid, and he became the chief operative of Chicago Mafia Overlord Momo Salvatore (Sam) Giancana. In 1966 Giancana left Chicago for Mexico to avoid federal heat and counseled the Chicago syndicate from his exile; Cain was a trusted aide...
...Times Square. Oblivious to the shouts and screeches of one of the world's busiest intersections, she did not notice the gang of young toughs approaching her. Then one of the gang shoved a hand into the old woman's pocket. As if from nowhere, a policeman ran up and collared the kid while his companions fled into the neon-drenched night...