Word: policeman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second most powerful political post in the city. Taken by surprise, Byrne scrambled to find someone to run against him. Turned down by her first two choices, who were understandably loath to get caught in the crossfire, she settled on Alderman Edward Burke, 35, a lawyer and a former policeman who favors tailored suits and vest pocket watch fobs. Like other members of the machine, he had been at odds with Byrne. During her primary campaign to unseat Mayor Bilandic, Byrne sneered at the ambitious and smooth-talking Burke, calling him a member of "an evil cabal," that surrounded Mayor...
Patrolman Joseph Bellissimo, president of the Policeman's Association, refused to comment on Sullivan's position...
...arrest "was very rough," Rivkin said. He added that the Harvard policeman had to force the man to the ground to subdue...
...resisted arrest and struggled with the policeman, Rivkin said, adding he believed the man was intoxicated...
...wasn't until the second policeman arrived that they got him handcuffed and under control," Rivkin said. He added that the man shouted that the first policeman had hit him and "that he would have his day in court...