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Johannesburg's 4,000 policemen do not dare patrol the locations. Instead, they raid them at regular intervals. A police party, strongly armed, will arrive in cars, nearly always late at night. They break into houses at random, demand "passes" (all Negroes must carry passes to prove they are employed by whites), and turn the houses upside down, looking for liquor. The armed police go in constant danger of their lives. A white policeman's wife writes: "It is no joke to lie awake at night and wonder if one's husband will come back safely...
...even after the battle, inquisitive blueshirts still crossed the line to look at Western freedom, and were still warmly welcomed, fed and entertained. Eleven youngsters chosen at random were whisked off to lunch with U.S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy and his wife...
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