Word: victimizer
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Nearly a decade later, another case of police violence captures national attention. Although the facts are similar--a city with a history of law enforcement abuse against minorities, a black victim and multiple white aggressors--this case is not at all the same. The Rodney King case led to an explosion of urban anger. The Diallo acquittal has stimulated nationwide protest, but the estimated 2,500 people who marched up and down Fifth Ave. last Saturday were largely peaceable, ordered, and multi-racial. In the King case, it was easy to blame the police officers; in the Diallo case...
...stopped five suspects at the intersection of Plympton Street and Mill Street in front of Winthrop House in connection with the robbery, but the suspects were released at the site when the victim failed to identify the perpetrators...
...victim said the chaotic circumstances surrounding the crime made it difficult for him to make a positive identification...
...Britain, Lloyd's has been protected by its own act of Parliament and by an abiding fear of the insurer's still formidable clout. "Lloyd's has more power than the government," says a knighted landowner and victim of a bad Lloyd's investment. "We are scared. People are frightened. This is not the England I knew...
...Proper's partner 5. Tehran bigwig, once 9. __ Lott, who forced through confirmation of two judges 10. He stopped at six 12. Afghan airline, and recent hijack victim 13. Martin Indyk is new ambassador to this nation 15. __ Kapital 16. Fort Benning constabulary 17. Irish state broadcaster: abbr. 18. Natural emollient 20. Missile for Moe 21. Governor who has placed a moratorium on executions 22. A new South African museum has been named for him 24. "__ evil ... " 25. Day-__ paints 26. Paul's Exodus role 27. A Senate bill has been introduced to increase their number 30. Name conspicuously absent...