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and took him on to the landlady's.
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She had put him in her bed, and when she had pushed them
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out the door, she locked it behind them
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and drew up a straight chair and sat down
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close to his face where she could talk to him.
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Here this image of a man-- obviously an indigent found on the
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road and then gratuitously abused by the police-- echoes the earlier moment
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when the policeman pushes his car off the road and down the hill.
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These are instances where police are using their power utterly on their
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own authority, with seemingly no check, with excess force.
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Remember again: this is the South.
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We all know that these kinds of violence, official violence,