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[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 196: [A] directive was sent to all [Oakland P.D.] officers ordering them to refrain from using language that ‘has a derogatory connotation’ in dealing with minority group members; specifically [...] boy, spade, jig, nigger, blue, smoke, coon [etc] .
at blue, n.1
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 145: The officer [...] meted out curbstone justice that would instill, if not the fear of God, then at least the fear of cops.
at curbstone justice (n.) under curbstone, adj.
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 47: [T]he ‘third degree’ [...] was once the form of violence most commonly referred to in both popular and serious studies of police work.
at third degree, n.
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 123: [T]he nearby county farm where persons sentenced on drunk charges serve their time.
at farm, n.1
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 196: [A] directive was sent to all [Oakland P.D.] officers ordering them to refrain from using language that ‘has a derogatory connotation’ in dealing with minority group members; specifically [...] black boy, black, shine, ape, spick, Mau Mau.
at mau-mau, n.
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 49: The young patrolman is taught ‘not to stick his head out’ and to ‘keep his nose clean’ .
at keep one’s nose clean (v.) under nose, n.
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 156: [A] patrolman [...] has little incentive to ‘play up’ to the citizens.
at play up to (v.) under play up, v.
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 182: [A]rrest prostitutes and you reduce the number of rollings.
at rolling, n.1
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 150: The police in Albany and Newburgh [...] have been ‘on the spot’ several times [...] in Albany the chief backed up his men and in Newburgh he did not.
at on the spot (adj.) under spot, n.3
[US] J.Q. Wilson Police Behavior 108: Men, mostly white, drive slowly through the Negro area [...] girls hail them and they negotiate through the open car window [...] The practice is called ‘trolling’.
at troll, v.
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