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"A MASNAT POT DTREST LOTION, PUPLGSITie EY EMAL aN CELLS blac. COMMIGTLE, FHILADILINIA, Fi., One ef the nost @ranantic and highly publicised eziutpies of this technicue occurred in carly 1904 at a Cleveland censrructien gite where severe] actionists lay down in front of a@ bulicsser.— A minister, seeing that the cperator might reverse direction, Gey down behind the bulliceser and was Irtlled. Counter-Demonstration Operations (Chapter 6) Pages 76-79 state in part, “Remember that the opponent would like, if possible, to provoke your group into wild roaterents.. inaccurate or ezagrerated accusations which cannot te rrovaa, rare calling, undignified behavior, confusion and disorceriy behavior fighting emong the leaders, desertion from the ranks, and outright violent retali atio on.” ; To attempt to avoid this the authers suggest Giscipling, calmness, restraint, education and organization. If attacsed, they sugsest one alternative might be to say.to the assailant in a calm voice, “Sir, may I ask you a question?" They also suggest that if a group is under attack they might start spontaneously singing a hymn together. . "Tough" policing ef civil rights falls inte two categories: "Alabama System” a oe ‘ This involves the lack of police protection for civil rights demonstrations ana pernits the forration of mobs (e.g. Freedom Riders, 1951). ‘edi eaiesippi Systen" ’ Forbids the formation ef mobs and user police authority to crush civil rignts demonstraticns. In the North two variations of the Mirsissippt cyster (1) the "hard" line disperse or else, and (2) “soft glove". ~. technique, initially, followed by polite requests to disperse, then veiled thezats, for example to have leading demonstrators committed to mental institutions for observation.