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Hells Kitchens Irish Mob
1,891 wordsHells Kitchen is a working class neighborhood on the west side of Midtown, Manhattan. At the turn of the century the area was largely an Irish and Germen enclave. Throughout the early years of the twentieth century, the most common activity for a young male was to be in some sort of gang. The most powerful of the early Hells Kitchen gangs was the Gophers, named so because they usually met in tenement basements. It was mostly made up of Irish toughs from the West Side. At their peak in 1907, ther...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Afl Cio
2,518 wordsBlack Flag Over Seattle by Paul de Armond Editor's forward Read any war memoir, and notice that veterans almost always comment on the battlefield stillness before the fighting begins. Often it is the only personal note in the writing; the rest of the account describes history book heroism and savagery, troop movements and general's strategies, cannon fire and the screams of the injured. But these preceeding hours of quietude always seem as memorable as the carnage that follows. Welcome to Seattl...
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Rank And File Afl Cio
2,564 words... "arrest" groups arrived earlier than the "non-arrest" groups which were supposed to protect them from removal by the police. The news photographs of these initial "lock-down" groups have a surrealistic air to them. In the empty streets after dawn, groups of protesters lock themselves together with bicycle locks or tubes covering their linked arms to prevent police from removing them individually. King County Sheriff Dave Reichert says he got a telephone call at 8 AM from a county detective. ...
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Afl Cio Tear Gas
2,649 words... lament seeks to embarrass Mayor Schell and Chief Stamper and appoint a new chief more favorable to the criminal business establishment. The initial approach by the opponents of police accountability was the circulation of mutinous talk regarding the "softness" of the official strategy for dealing with the demonstrators. In October at a crowd control training session, Assistant Chief Ed Joiner had answered questions about protester violence by saying that there was nothing to worry about and ...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Afl Cio
2,652 words... police. Behind them, the labor parade moved away from downtown and back towards the Seattle Center, unmolested by police. Though Guard didn't know it, the unsuccessful police push was timed to herd people into the parade. However, as had been the case all day, the size of the crowds blocked movement and the police ceased advancing when the now-expanded and enlarged crowd could not fall back any further. As shown by Guard's relatively easy progress to within a block of the Convention Center, ...
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Caught My Attention Dance Floor
538 wordsThe roars of modified import cars stimulate my senses as I walk towards the Dallas Convention Center, where the 2001 Hot Imports Night car show is taking place. All around me, groups of anxious car enthusiasts rush towards the convention center. Hundreds of people were already in line, impatiently waiting to buy a ticket for the show. Luckily, I had already purchased my ticket online and did not have to wait on this half-mile long line. As I approached the entrance, I was overwhelmed by the onsl...
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U S Attorney Dutch Schultz
1,929 wordsHell? s Kitchen is a working class neighborhood on the west side of Midtown, Manhattan. At the turn of the century the area was largely an Irish and Germen enclave. Throughout the early years of the twentieth century, the most common activity for a young male was to be in some sort of gang. The most powerful of the early Hell? s Kitchen gangs was the Gophers, named so because they usually met in tenement basements. It was mostly made up of Irish toughs from the West Side. At their peak in 1907, ...
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