Word: coercion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Invariably, violence by ETA has bred violence in reprisals by the Government and "terrorist" activities may more accurately be labeled acts of desperation than serious attempts at coercion. Government reation to assassination has established a precedent of carte blanche policy,; when a soldier, policeman or official is killed, law is suspended and all citizens must open their homes to investigative patrols. If a search turns up someone who is a likely suspect in the eyes of the arresting officer, there is no opportunity to dispute guilt. Charges need not be made and trials are not required before sentence is handed...
...Quad Houses with an even ratio would be a realistic and desirable goal. I do not understand how anyone can continue to advocate a Quad-wide ratio of 1:1 in the face of overwhelming evidence that at best only one or two such Houses can be maintained without coercion. --Chris Leman Task Force on College Life
...Francisco. So far, at least, he has shown no signs that he will urge Patty to cop a plea - testify against her Symbionese Liberation Army comrades in an effort to get off easily. Bailey says he will argue that the Hibernia Bank case was "a matter of simple coercion" - that Patty was forced to take part in the robbery by her companions. One problem he will have to explain away is the taped message from Patty, delivered to the police nine days after the robbery, in which she calmly declared that she will ingly took part in the raid...
...that Patty not only seemed totally at ease but boasted about her nascent criminal career. A second state charge is that Patty took part in the armed robbery of a sporting-goods store, shooting up the façade to help in the getaway. Bailey will have trouble proving coercion because witnesses have placed Patty alone in the car outside the store with plenty of opportunity to escape...
...seems that HIM disciples generally alternate between traveling in caravans and fanning out in smaller groups or alone in order to proselytize. Some of them have got in touch with news organizations or written postcards home to prove they are well and victims of neither fraud nor coercion. "Try to be happy for me," a 25-year-old Denver man named Larry wrote to his parents. "Don't worry, this is not an S.L. A. group or a Charles Manson group. You have to be awfully good to go on this journey...