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American Friends Service Committee — Part 4
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he test possible combination is to have a wel. r cmanised,
ated movement combined with “legal police tactici."
Once rave received erdéergs, police ane troop:
don't care about obtective of demonstration. They are concerned
whether they are cealing with a crowd, a mob, or a riot. Th
e
authors deltin
r
in .otion as a mob; @ riot as a disturbance
of three or
persons who want to overcome any cppocivion to their
or unlawful means.
Officers find it more practical and less dangerous to arrest
rancon citisens at the edge of the mob rather.than a leader or
speaker in the center.
Individuals can be controlled more easily than groups.
Police officers try toldrive the crowd away from sensitive areas
by use of ges, horses (also referred to as cavalry by authors),
dogs, fire hoses, etc. "Sleeper" elerents ere-sometinec planted
behind the police "skirmish line" to set up a counter denc.stration
to divert an attacking police unit. .
- The manual toints out that there is no defense cf.:inst gas
attack: except masks or leaving the area. The immediate reuction
4s to panic and run. The authors warn against this and urge an
orcerly dignified retreat.
The use of cave. -v and dogs is chiefly psychological,
“Some dogs are trained o:..7 to hold, not to bite, but don't count
on it." :
Demonstrators are warned against lying down in front
or horses as severe injuries will result.
The authors suggest a “human chain" to withstanc pressure
of fire hoses, but warn that other counterdemonstration oparations
generally follow.
Tne white participant is regarded as an outside agitator,
a Communist, as a light-skinned Negro, and 4f a woran, 2 rsostitute.
‘Violence, if it erupts (in the "Deep South") tends to focus on the
ynite picket. ,
You can recognize police or FRI photographers tscause they -
take photos of individual demonstrators rather than of the entire
action. . -16~
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