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...major demands made by Negro leaders last week was for more Negro cops in Harlem-the ratio is 1 Negro policeman to 6 white. Ironically, the proportion of Negroes was once much higher, but civil rights leaders complained that if white police could patrol Harlem, Negro police ought to patrol white neighborhoods, and New York's civil-righteously sensitive Democratic city fathers dutifully scattered the Negro cops around the city...
When a cop turned up, another of the gunmen cut him down with two shots. An onlooker intervened to help the wounded policeman, and one of the hoods said: "Fous le camp (Buzz off)." He did, and they did too. Several hours later, police found the stolen Citroën. In it were two Tommy guns, five pistols, two lead pipes, a grenade, and a lingering air of smug satisfaction...
...among the negro leaders seemed all but irrelevant. Police continue to blanket the area, though they no longer wear riot helmets. Even during the day, when business is at least close to normal, it is nearly impossible to find a block on a major avenue without at least one policeman...
Along 125th Street--the primary site of last week's riot--the concentration increases notably. There is one policeman on every corner of each intersection, with patrolmen either singly or in pairs walking each block. It is not unusual to see groups of four or five police clustered on any corner...
...night there is further buildup. No policeman patrols alone; the corners of 125th Street merit groups of three, and pairs and trios walk the major thoroughfares. For the small side streets and in areas with high concentrations of taverns patrols of five and six walk the beat...