Word: detained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with a gun." The roomer identified himself as Richard Speck, a name that did not yet ring a bell with the officers, though they had a tentative physical description of the suspect. As for the gun, he said that it belonged to the girl. Though most policemen would instinctively detain a man in such circumstances, the cops merely confiscated the weapon-a .22-cal. revolver (the murderer had carried a "small black pistol"). Hours later, police matched up the gun incident with the murder man hunt and rushed back to the hotel. Speck had left 30 minutes earlier...
...code's supporters hope that it might lend to legislative action on pro-arraignment procedures -- either through state law - including such matters as search, seizure, arrest, questioning, bail, the right to detain, and confessions -- is now determined by individual court cases...
...censored or even closed by simple decree, private travel and public gatherings could be banned, and such institutions as bars and beer halls closed down. Even worse, according to the 24-page official document outlining the government's emergency powers, "any police officer may, without warrant, arrest and detain any person of whom he has reason to believe there are grounds which would justify his detention...
...crime issue has been raging in the nation's courts for the last ten years, but only recently have politicians been speaking to voters about it. The real dispute, of course, is not about crime--everyone is against that--but about what police should do with the persons they detain, arrest, and question. Recent Supreme Court rulings have tended to extend the rights of individuals in police custody. Buckley thinks that these rulings have tied the policeman's hands, and he wants to unleash the police on anyone who might be a criminal...
...Boyd Britton, administrative vice-president of Radcliffe, said that the University Police will provide better protection because they are police and carry guns, while the nightwatchmen have no way to detain a prowler...