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...semi-organized armed clashes with Israeli forces were "warlike," that would scarcely extend "the adjective to all bombings, killings and destruction anywhere under P.F.L.P. auspices." The judge went on to state that the relatively tiny group's activities were also not part of any "civil war," "insurrection," "riot," or "civil commotion...
Shortly after 8 p.m., a squad of 22 policemen entered the riot area and pleaded with the mob to disperse. A vicious baton charge followed, punctuated by volleys of tear gas. Then the order to open fire rang out, and history seemed to repeat itself. At dawn eleven blacks lay dead, cut down by police bullets. Another 27 were injured...
...September 1, after a project resident was assaulted, four private security guards hired by the Cambridge Housing Authority left their jobs for two days. The guards' supervisor, quoted in The Cambridge Chronicle, said, "It looked like there was a riot coming, and I thought it would cool off the situation if our men left...
...resumes anywhere in Indochina, however, the eerie quiet will be shattered. Eventually, the voices of the screaming children will be heard in Harvard Yard. Protest will slowly mount again, first in the form of picket lines and peaceful demonstrations, then, if the killing continues, the tear-gas and the riot-equipped police and the rocks sailing lazily into the plate glass windows will return to the Square. It may take a long time,but the criminality in Indochina will again be answered in the streets at home...
...check out the possibility that Senator William Fulbright and other committee members might be receiving information from Communists or other subversives. Noted Sullivan: "There was no evidence of this." At another time, the President asked the FBI to see if it could uncover Republicans he suspected of fomenting a riot in New York to embarrass the White House. When none turned up, Johnson asked again: "Weren't there at least one or two Republicans involved?" Sullivan: "Again the answer...