Word: porteous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Police arrested two B.U. undergraduates, Louis Porteous and John Provost, and charged them with assaulting an officer. The two were released on their own recognizance in an arrangement agreed upon by B.U. administrators and police officers to clear the street area and prevent further confrontations...
...compliance with the terms of their release. Porteous and Provost spoke briefly to the crowd, urging them to disperse. The demonstrators soon started to dwindle away, and police, who were at least 80 strong in the height of the disruption, were slowly removed as both sides deescalated simultaneously...