Word: precincts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Murphy cited the establishment of a principle of accountability among precinct commanders as one of the positive measures he had initiated. Formerly, a fifty mean Internal Affairs Department handled all corruption cases for the 30,000 man New York City force...
...primary purpose of the conference is to teach those already committed to defeating President Nixon the skills they will need to achieve their goal. Students will spend the weekend in workshops dealing with such problems as delegate selection. precinct-level organization. party mechanics, fund-raising, and press relations...
...candidacy on an expensive, half-hour nationwide TV broadcast. In spite of the misgivings of his campaign manager, Hy Raskin, he will also enter the New Hampshire primary. Raskin wanted to concede the snowy state to Muskie and concentrate on Florida, where Jackson adherents are already engaged in precinct organization. But Jackson feels that New Hampshire is small enough so that he can overcome his low-recognition handicap. He also reasons that his political philosophy-a singular mix of the liberal and the conservative -will have considerable appeal for the New Hampshire party. Wishful theorizing or realistic gambling...
...offered to get narcotics informants to cooperate with the commission. Two of his informants were wired with tape recorders and transmitters. These were used to monitor their illicit dealings with policemen. Meetings took place on street corners, in automobiles and, in one instance, just two doorways from a precinct house...
Many of the scenes were shot along the East River, around ramshackle warehouses and worn tenements that give the movie a sense of gritty realism. The actors who play the cops are so well cast that they seem to have grown up next door to the precinct house. Gene Hackman plays Popeye Doyle, who likes to ogle girls in boots, break heads and bust blacks; Roy Scheider is his dogged, if only slightly less compulsive, assistant. Eddie Egan plays their boss with bullish authenticity-as well he might since he is an ex-cop who figured in the actual incident...