Word: riot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There is still a danger that this week's march may be stained with blood, although the New Mobe promises to have 1,500 of its own marshals to keep the proceedings orderly. There will also be plenty of Washington police, practiced in riot-handling tactics, on hand. The Justice Department, concerned about the prospsct of hundreds of thousands of demonstrators parading by the White House gate, refused the marchers a permit to march down Pennsylvania Avenue. The department's negotiator, John W. Dean III, explained that there was "a substantial likelihood of serious violence." That refusal...
...Colia Williams, a Negro cafeteria waitress. Offended by a student supervisor's rude remarks, she threw cranberry juice in his face and was fired for "due cause." Result: 200 protesters occupied the personnel office and held four officials. Following the guidelines of President Kingman Brewster's "riot scenario," Yale warned the activists to vacate or face suspension. While most obeyed, 47 stayed put and were expelled. As for Mrs. Williams, she was rehired with back...
About nine thousand Marines and soldiers trained to handle riot situations are stationed on the outskirts of Washington as a special precautionary force. In addition, the city's 3800-man police force isworking 12-hour shifts to handle the protest. Many of these are stationed outside embassies and the homes of Capital dignitaries in Washington's residential areas...
...finally, what happened in Chicago was not a riot, in the sense that the destruction in Watts and Newark was called a "riot." What happened in Chicago was carefully planned. The demonstrators knew before each action that they were going to destroy property and hurt people...
...Francisco, Kilo rode in the camper section and ate most of my clothes. There, I walked into the middle of a small riot. Then I had my car towed away for a slightly expired parking meter, and got ticketed for failing to see a sign hidden behind a truck. Back in Los Angeles, a confirmed Californian, I made arrangements for my burial at Forest Lawn...