Word: chimurenga
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...patrol" consists of about 50 members ranging in age from 13 to 55, half of whom are women. Most of the patrollers have armed themselves with baseball bats, though some have carried guns. "The patrol is a legal activity and within the confines of the law," said Chimurenga Jenga, a community activist who helped organize the group. Nevertheless, police arrested Jenga and four others and charged them with carrying firearms illegally. The patrol has since agreed to stick to bats. Atlanta officials maintain that the vigilantes do not have the support of most of their neighbors. Says Mayor Maynard Jackson...