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American Friends Service Committee — Part 4

108 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 98 pages OCR'd
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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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