Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil DisordersReferred to as the Kerner Commission Report. |
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... Command Police Tactics . . THE USE OF FORCE Justification of Deadly Force 171 172 172 172 173 174 174 175 176 176 Alternative to Deadly Force 176 COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE IN DISORDER CONTROL 177 The Role of Public Officials . 178 DANGER OF ...
... Command Police Tactics . . THE USE OF FORCE Justification of Deadly Force 171 172 172 172 173 174 174 175 176 176 Alternative to Deadly Force 176 COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE IN DISORDER CONTROL 177 The Role of Public Officials . 178 DANGER OF ...
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... command post in the Newark armory . The militants , led by the local CORE ( Congress of Racial Equality ) chapter , disrupted and took over the board of education meeting . The outcome was a stale- mate . The incumbent secretary decided ...
... command post in the Newark armory . The militants , led by the local CORE ( Congress of Racial Equality ) chapter , disrupted and took over the board of education meeting . The outcome was a stale- mate . The incumbent secretary decided ...
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... Command of antiriot operations was taken over by the Governor , who de- creed a " hard line " in putting down the riot . As a result of technical difficulties , such as the fact that the city and state police did not operate on the same ...
... Command of antiriot operations was taken over by the Governor , who de- creed a " hard line " in putting down the riot . As a result of technical difficulties , such as the fact that the city and state police did not operate on the same ...
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... command agreed to pull back the patrols . Workers from the anti - poverty agency and the Human Relations Commission began circulating through the area , attempting to get kids off the street . Many of the residents had relatives and ...
... command agreed to pull back the patrols . Workers from the anti - poverty agency and the Human Relations Commission began circulating through the area , attempting to get kids off the street . Many of the residents had relatives and ...
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... command jeep told a Commission investi- gator of machine guns being fired accidentally , street lights being shot out by rifle fire , and buildings being placed under siege on the sketchiest reports of sniping . Troopers would fire ...
... command jeep told a Commission investi- gator of machine guns being fired accidentally , street lights being shot out by rifle fire , and buildings being placed under siege on the sketchiest reports of sniping . Troopers would fire ...
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Page 95 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Page 256 - Centers to provide the full complement of welfare services should be combined into the multi-purpose neighborhood service facilities being developed by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Federal funds should be provided to help local welfare agencies decentralize their programs through these centers, which would include representatives of all welfare, social, rehabilitation and income-assistance services.
Page 273 - Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the Commission." (b) The Commission shall be composed of...
Page 274 - What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again?
Page 201 - Important segments of the media failed to report adequately on the causes and consequences of civil disorders and on the underlying problems of race relations.
Page 313 - ... (US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Special Labor Force Report No. 75, "Poverty Areas of Our Major Cities,
Page 224 - America is the third — a policy which combines ghetto enrichment with programs designed to encourage integration of substantial numbers of Negroes into the society outside the ghetto.
Page 93 - A new mood has sprung up among Negroes, particularly among the young, in which self-esteem and enhanced racial pride are replacing apathy and submission to "the system.
Page 80 - ... old-age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and aid to families with dependent children.
Page 274 - Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.