Word: tearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...security was increased. But there were surprisingly few incidents. One uprising took place at Baltimore city jail, where some 200 prisoners (nearly all were unconvicted blacks awaiting trial) rioted in the mess hall, overturning tables and smashing 120 windowpanes. Eight guards fled to safety, and officers armed with tear gas promptly restored order. There were also protests from police and prison guards. At New York's Green Haven Correctional Facility...
...uprising and must be overwhelmed promptly. Contends one Midwestern warden: "At the beginning, the inmates had no security; they would have run if authorities had gone in right away." Actually, Attica prison guards tried, but were repulsed. The Midwestern officer insists that a large enough force, using tear gas and clubs instead of guns, could have been mustered quickly to handle the mob. Another warden says that bringing in too many outside police can undermine the authority of the regular prison staff in the prisoners' eyes...
...Using tear gas, the undermanned prison staff regained control of cell blocks B and C, confining about half the prisoners in their cells for the long ordeal. But some 1,200 inmates were in control of cell block D and the yard it faces. Locking gates and even welding some of them shut with equipment from the metal shop, they repulsed advancing guards and shredded the hoses of prison firefighting equipment...
...helicopter reported that hostages, guarded by six inmates, were confined within a circle of park benches in the yard. Sharpshooters were advised to take aim at the threatening convicts?"but you'll have to have hostile action by the inmates to fire." Then the two helicopters, loaded with tear-gas canisters, swept low over the prison, one of them barely clearing the walls. "To all posts," barked the command radio. "Jackpot One is about to make drop." There was a pause. "Jackpot has made drop. Base to all posts ?move in; launch the offensive...
...police have long had the ritual quality of a classic No play. First would come the students, helmeted and frequently masked with towels. From under a forest of red banners, they would let go a barrage of stones for a salutation. The police, brandishing nightsticks, would retaliate with exploding tear-gas charges. Even in the most impassioned confrontations, however, the actors on both sides rigidly adhered to an unwritten law: no killing...