Word: possemen
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...People marched, 1500-2000 of them, marched down Highway 80, across the bridge. At the other-side of the bridge were 200 state troopers, 200 possemen, about 1000 white people. The major of the state troopers made an announcement that they should turn around; the people refused. They knelt to the ground in a prayerful manner. Then the state troopers fired tear gas at them and began to beat them. I was hit in the head. People went back to the church. There are about 2000-3000 in the church. The posse is coming down to the church. People...
...have a problem. The guys are not nonviolent any more. They're ready to fight. About two or three busloads of possemen are in front of the church beating people, throwing tear gas, beating children and adults. They have about 20 people on horseback. I don't know how many's been carried to the hospital. John Lewis has a small hole in his head. I tried to do something for it, but he wouldn't let me. They say Christopher Wylie is in pretty bad condition. Another lady has her arm broken in two or three places...
...church is surrounded by possemen on horseback with tear gas. People are in the hospital. Doctors are next door to the church...
...church is surrounded by possemen, state troopers, and Jim Clark. They have Sylvan Street [the street the church is on] blocked off from one end to the other so people can't get in or out of the church. They are forcing people to go back into their homes, beating them with billy sticks...
...State troopers and possemen have left...