Word: nightsticks
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Suppose that on one fateful night in August 1997, New York City cop Justin Volpe had contented himself with pummeling Abner Louima with his nightstick instead of ramming a broom handle into Louima's rectum and then waving it in front of his face. Suppose that after that vicious assault, Volpe had not pranced around the precinct house with the blood-and-feces-stained stick, inviting other cops to examine it. And suppose the victim had not made the headline-grabbing (though phony) allegation that his tormentors had exulted, "This is Giuliani time!"--a reference to the city's tough...
Lewis was hit on the head by a nightstick...
...manufacturers and many law officers argue that stun guns actually prevent worse abuse by police. Without a shock weapon, a cop is left with the choice of clubbing a dangerous criminal with a nightstick or shooting him with a handgun, which can cause more severe injuries. Indeed, law agencies in the U.S. have used stun guns thousands of times, and there have been relatively few documented cases of serious injuries. "These devices don't kill people," insists Nova's president, John McDermit. Rick Smith, Air Taser's president, has launched a publicity campaign to rebut Amnesty's charges. In restricting...
...chillly September evening, first-years fidgeted in their Science Center seats and watched Officer Kevin P. Bryant approach the podium, sporting a Glock .40 semiautomatic pistol, handcuffs and a nightstick hanging around his waist...
...Have the HUPD walk beats through the bathroom. I, for one, would feel safer in the shower when Officer Hoolihan strolled through, whistling and flipping his nightstick...