Word: uniformly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then the horsemen appeared. Sheriff Mac Sim Butler, with a cane in his hand, led the dozen riders into the intersection. At least two of the mounted men were state troopers; others were not in uniform...
Search for Balance. To bypass such complexities of arrest, some states have invented "pre-arrest detention." This device was designed to permit police to act on "reasonable suspicion" rather than the higher standard of "reasonable belief." Delaware, Rhode Island and New Hampshire have adopted the Uniform Arrest Act, which allows a policeman to stop, question, detain and frisk any person "whom he has reasonable ground to suspect" of having committed a crime. Unless there is probable cause for actual arrest, the person must be released after two hours...
This amounts to "investigative arrest" -already widespread in many states. But knowledgeable lawyers say the practice may flunk a Supreme Court test. As a compromise, New York's new "stop and frisk" law imitates the Uniform Arrest Act-except that suspects may not be detained if the frisk or questioning fails to yield probable cause for actual arrest...
...awed. After 35 years in baseball, nothing awes Johnny Keane, 53. "My red cap with a cardinal on it was size 7⅛," he says, "and my blue cap with NY on it is still 7⅛." But there was a little something extra special about this uniform. Last year, with his job hanging in the balance, Keane led the St. Louis Cardinals to the National League pennant and a thrilling World Series victory over the New York Yankees. Then he marched into Owner Gussie Busch's office when it was all over and told him where...
...looked like Ben Turpin in uniform: a massive head, topping out at 5 ft. 4 in., rimmed with wild auburn hair and set with droop-lidded eyes that flashed balefully in opposite directions. He was called "the Beast," and "Old Cockeye"-though rarely to his face. For Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the Civil War's toughest and most hated Northern generals...