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FD·350 (Rev. 5·8·81)<br />

•<br />

(Indicate<br />

page, name of<br />

newspaper, city and state.)<br />

;qbLUMN LEFT I .<br />

·A~EXANDER COCKBURN·<br />

jf?licing By.<br />

:~x;~mplary<br />

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)<br />

itrerror<br />

ll ~: .<br />

I, ~~ -<br />

f~!be problem is bigger than one<br />

t:rpan, or one police department.<br />

::class and race are the root of it.<br />

:! t :.: .,<br />

ar· alktrig to blacks and other minorities in<br />

·: l::so&-':Angeles about the cops reminds<br />

,rq.e Vividly of similar conversations .with<br />

l~tht:rliC:S i!!- North~rn Ireland 25 years ago<br />

~~out.tlie B Specials." <strong>The</strong> Specials were<br />

ta!: section of· the Ulster security forces<br />

l$arged with the duty of keeping the<br />

!'1j'api§ts" in their place. <strong>The</strong>y ruled by<br />

.:$.emplary terror.<br />

" ~iCaf.b,Qlics driving down a road in Ulster<br />

:;~e'Y llOmewhere in the backs of their<br />

·~$nds.Jhat the headlights suddenly' ap­<br />

:;~ari~Kbehind them might belong to a car<br />

~:fWl .of 'Specials, and that these Specials<br />

~;tWgh~ ·~op them, beat them, frame them,<br />

!•maybe kill them. ·<br />

:: f;Th'e 'B Specials were part of the appara~<br />

!: t~s created by the Ulster elites to keep the<br />

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