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ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN (Continuing reading) "Usually there are two units on the line and two in reserve. This organization is based on maintaining control of crowd (indistinct)...tactics to be used are hurt! but don't hurt so it can be seen. Hit at shoulders, groin, mid- body, pressure points, also break bones and arms, then hit a man to make him fall--then leave him for arresting officers. Two | basic ideas of confrontation--one, hit to induce as much pain as possible; two, always look military, look disciplined. Reason is to induce fear into the crowd, Use clubs as staffs holding them at both ends. Hit and push. "The above are exact quotes of notes taken at the Riot Control Squad training meeting. Not one word has been added or deleted. You ain't at war, huh? "You wanna see their first basic formation?" (Laughter) “The Broncos didn't do too good with this. Now and there's a little end sweep." (Laughter) "But these formations, see, you just get into survival and you know that every fuckin cop in the country has memorized that riot formation. Because there is only one formation. I mean, after all, they ain't Einsteins you know, and there's only one formation the cops can use and one lineup. And all you gotta do to find out all about it is to send away to the U. S. Government Printing Office and ask for Army, Army Tactics for Riot, for Containment and Control of Civilian Disorders, that's 12