Civil Disturbances in Washington: Hearings...90-2, Investigating the April 1968 Rioting, Looting, Damamges and Losses, and Police Actions, and H.R. 16941, H.E. 16948, H.R. 18541, H.R. 17647, H.R. 17607, and H.R. 18149, May and July, 1968 |
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... situation . As I said earlier , Mr. Chairman , I appreciate this opportunity to clarify some of the rumors , and what I honestly think is some of the misunderstanding about the kind of problem we face and the manner in which we dealt ...
... situation . As I said earlier , Mr. Chairman , I appreciate this opportunity to clarify some of the rumors , and what I honestly think is some of the misunderstanding about the kind of problem we face and the manner in which we dealt ...
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... situation in which a police officer failed to do his duty . But we point out that because of the rapidly developing situation that a police commander faces at a time like this , it may be more im- portant for him at some point to ...
... situation in which a police officer failed to do his duty . But we point out that because of the rapidly developing situation that a police commander faces at a time like this , it may be more im- portant for him at some point to ...
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... situations . So , Mr. Chairman , I think that we certainly responded well . The Police Department and the Fire ... situation . It certainly is disturbing and heartbreaking to all of us , and especially to those of us who were so ...
... situations . So , Mr. Chairman , I think that we certainly responded well . The Police Department and the Fire ... situation . It certainly is disturbing and heartbreaking to all of us , and especially to those of us who were so ...
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... situation in the District , the looters , the shooters , the window - breakers , the robbers , thieves , arsonists , and so on . Who made it ? Mr. MURPHY . Who made the policy ? Mr. ABERNETHY . Yes , sir . Mr. MURPHY . Mr. Congressman ...
... situation in the District , the looters , the shooters , the window - breakers , the robbers , thieves , arsonists , and so on . Who made it ? Mr. MURPHY . Who made the policy ? Mr. ABERNETHY . Yes , sir . Mr. MURPHY . Mr. Congressman ...
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... situation , for use of force , of deadly force ; and in those situations , I must make clear , Mr. Aber- nethy , that we cannot remove the discretion of the police officer . It is important that we create policy and give him guidelines ...
... situation , for use of force , of deadly force ; and in those situations , I must make clear , Mr. Aber- nethy , that we cannot remove the discretion of the police officer . It is important that we create policy and give him guidelines ...
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Page 69 - ... provisions") herein and in the policy to which this extended coverage is attached, including riders and endorsements thereon, the coverage of this policy is extended to include direct loss by windstorm, hail, explosion, riot, riot attending a strike, civil commotion, aircraft, vehicles, and smoke.
Page 85 - The State is the creator of subordinate municipal governments. It vests in them the police powers essential to the preservation of law and order. It imposes upon them the duty of protecting property situated within their limits from the violence of such public breaches of the peace as are mobs and riots. This duty and obligation thus...
Page 120 - Civil liberties, as guaranteed by the Constitution, imply the existence of an organized society maintaining public order without which liberty itself would be lost in the excesses of unrestrained abuses.
Page 71 - NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, particularly Sections 332, 333 and 334 thereof, do command all persons engaged in such obstruction of justice to cease and desist therefrom, and to disperse forthwith.
Page 72 - NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America...
Page 96 - Such a regulation has a tendency to deter the lawless, since the sufferer must be compensated by a tax burden which will fall upon all property, including that of the evil doers as members of the community. It is likewise calculated to stimulate the exertions of the indifferent and the law-abiding to avoid the falling of a burden which they must share with the lawless. In that it directly operates on and affects public opinion, it tends strongly to the upholding of the empire of the law.
Page 94 - He shall have power, when necessary, to call on every male inhabitant of the city over the age of 18 years, to aid in enforcing the laws and ordinances, and to call out the militia to aid in suppressing riots and other disorderly conduct, or carrying into effect any law or ordinance, subject to the authority of the governor as commander-inchief of the militia.
Page 47 - ... of the day following the service of such notice, in which to commence the securing or removal of the same ;and he or they shall employ sufficient labor and assistance to secure or remove the same as expeditiously as the same can be done.
Page 71 - Title 10, particularly sections 332, 333 and 334 thereof, and section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to take all appropriate steps to...
Page 71 - Into the active military service of the United States, as he may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this order, any or all of the units of the...