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...after he's been called names and spit at, he'll be prejudiced." A City University of New York sociologist, Arthur Neiderhoifer, agrees that the very nature of a cop's duties tends to "transform him into an authoritarian agent of control." Neiderhoffer, a New York policeman for more than 20 years, writes in his book, Behind the Shield: "The hostility and fear that almost palpably press against a policeman in lower-class areas aggravate his impulse to 'get tough...
...Clifton Rhead, a member of the Chicago Police Psychiatric Board, believes that an effective policeman has, among other traits, "suspiciousness, aggressiveness, a tendency to act on impulse, a readiness to take risks, a strong sense of right and wrong and an absence of inhibitions that would make a man freeze in certain situations." These qualities can "break through" during violent scenes such as those in Chicago two weeks...
Bloodletting. Fortunately, there was no shooting. The demonstrators constantly taunted the police and in some cases deliberately disobeyed reasonable orders. Most of the provocations were verbal-screams of "Pig!" and fouler epithets. Many cops seemed unruffled by the insults. Policeman John Gruber joked: "We kind of like the word pig. Some of us answer our officers 'Oink, oink, sir,' just to show it doesn't bother us." The police reacted more angrily when the demonstrators sang God Bless America or recited "I pledge allegiance to the flag...
When the cops started clubbing three girls in a convertible, Chicago Daily News Reporter John Linstead protested. His reward was a beating and a scalp wound. NBC newsman John Evans was struck by a policeman, had his head bandaged, then began interviewing other bandaged victims. Delos Hall, a CBS cameraman, was filming a cop-hippie clash when he was clubbed from behind. NBC Cameraman James Strickland was photographing Hall's plight when he was hit in the face and toppled. Even while he was on the air, CBS Floor Reporter Dan Rather was flattened by two security...
...heart is heavy with the unjust acts of the "White Devil." Can it be that he has created a hell right here on earth? My heart is so heavy. So I ask you, who will police the policeman and who will correct the "White right." The "White right" (fairness, honesty, impartiality, correctness, efficiency, etc.) has always been to exploit and keep the Black man down. He has had a full White program going for him in brainwashing the Black man with such myths as "White is Right," "Yellow is mellow," "Black stay Back," "Devil's-food cake is Black...