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Next day the riots had subsided -partly because police allowed the hydrants to gush until 5 p.m. before closing them. Then a Negro girl doused a cop with a pail of water, and the slum ignited once more. That night and the next, the level of violence increased by almost geometric progression, spread ing west and south to cover an area eight miles square. Negroes stopped automobiles driven by whites and beat the occupants. Small gangs pillaged scores of shops. They hurled fire bombs, rocks and chunks of masonry at the firemen who responded to the alarms. As Molotov cocktails...
Most citizens would surely agree that Patrolman Lasky was the model of an alert, courageous cop in action. Civil-libertarians, however, were quick to ask whether his search violated Peters' constitutional rights. In a decision written by Judge Kenneth Keating, the New York Court of Appeals has just answered that question with a resounding no. It affirmed Peters' conviction and declared that Lasky deserves "our highest praise...
...went Secret Police Boss Svetislav Stefanović, 55, whose ubiquitous UDBA spy network had kept a tough, unrelenting grip on Yugoslavia since 1946. In one stroke, Tito had dismantled the entire upper echelon of his secret police-a move unparalleled in the Communist world since Khrushchev destroyed Soviet Top Cop Lavrenty Beria...
...drunken-driving suspect has enough sense to keep his mouth shut, no policeman can force him to admit how much alcohol he has under his belt. But what if the cop demands a blood sample which will offer the same information, and probably more accurately? A sample the man must give, said the Supreme Court. And then it buckled down to explaining just why a man, who has a constitutional right to silence, must deliver his own blood in testimony against himself...
...charge and save the state the time and expense of a trial, I will let you off with a light sentence." The offer comes from a judge. The second party to the bargain is a nervous defendant accused of a crime, almost certain to be convicted, and tempted to "cop a plea." The prac tice is one of long standing. And it has advantages for the public as well as the accused: it clears crowded dockets and sometimes extracts information about other crimes and other criminals as part of the bargain. But is it proper...