Word: rioted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pinneberg feels ashamed when he finds that he is being pensioned by his mother's pimp. Presently the two young Pinnebergs are established in an attic over a stable. By the time Pinneberg has lost his job in the store and been manhandled by police in a political riot, he goes home to find that he has finally acquired a son, for whom there seems to be as little room in the world as for his father...
When they were arraigned in court the next day, the prisoners found themselves facing the grave charge of inciting to riot, and were held in the exorbitant bail of one thousand dollars each. The trial held in the police court presided over by Judge Charles S. Sullivan, could hardly be matched for its farcical character. Exposures of perjured testimony for the prosecution were systematically ruled out by the judge as "incompetent," photographs of police violence were barred as evidence, pointed questions asked by the defense attorneys were overruled as often as possible, and in general every effort was made...
...aspect of the problem. Orders, inspired by practical experience, were given to stop a demonstration. They were carried out. Had the police been saner and had less the fooling of a field day, these regrettable instances, of course, might have been avoided. But Harvard must remember, also, that a riot in Charlestown is a more alarming occurrence than a case of spring fever in the Square. It is easy to sit around afterwards and philosophize on fairly sound grounds, but to make the arguments effective they must be constructive...
...whole Charlestown affair is unfortunate. While the police have a presentable case on their handling of the riot, they and the courts carried their jobs to illogical extremes. Both of these latter developments should merit careful review. But there is one important indication which stands forth from the welter of confused comment; not only the police, but also the rieters must be taught to consider riots and freedom of speech in their proper perapective. Let the Committee use their findings to achieve this purpose...
Replete with colorful affidavits of Harvard students and faculty men describing the "savage" conduct of the Boston police at the City Square "riot," the 16-page official report of the Committee on the investigation of Police Tactics in Charlestown on May 17, 1934 will be released today...