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Around the country there were protests. In Berkeley, 2000 demonstrators were met by police with rifles. One policeman was isolated in the crowd when he tried to retrieve a nightstick that had been stolen. He was severely beaten, and was treated for lacerations. Police charged the crowd, which fled, and later burned an AEC official...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: Protests Erupt Over Invasion of Laos | 2/11/1971 | See Source »

...treat him, allowed the cops to shackle him to an operating table. Although he was shouting in pain for the doctors to ease the shackles, the doctor treating him told him to shut up. He insists that at least one cop hit him in his wounded abdomen with a nightstick and that several beat him on the wrists and elsewhere until he passed out from the pain...

Author: By Richard E. Hyland, | Title: Learning From the Vietnamese | 9/24/1970 | See Source »

...church"; Messaros says he straps his holster on before he brushes his teeth. "Fear is something in your mind that has to be overcome," Messaros says. Boston is equally stoic: "Hell, I could die tomorrow at the movies." Still, both feel that their equipment-pistol, blackjack, nightstick, helmet-could be improved upon by putting a sawed-off shotgun in their car. No need to point it at anyone, they say-"just that you come out of the car, and it comes with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Two Policemen on the Beat | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

Each one is about the size of a short section cut from a fat broomstick handle. Normally used at a range of 50 to 125 ft., they strike with roughly the impact of a policeman's nightstick. At such distances the plugs cause bruises, but they break bones only at closer range...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law Enforcement: Plugging Rioters | 7/20/1970 | See Source »

...treat him, allowed the cops to shackle him to an operating table. Although he was shouting in pain for the doctors to case the shackles, the doctor treating him told him to shut up. He insists that at least one cop hit him in his wounded abdomen with a nightstick and that several beat him on the wrists and elsewhere until he passed out from the pain...

Author: By Richard E. Hyland, | Title: Learning From the Vietnamese | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

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